Goodnight Mister Tom (30th Anniversary Edition)

Author: Michelle Magorian

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  • : $16.95 AUD
  • : 9780141332253
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
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  • : November 2010
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 18mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : December 2013
  • : March 2015
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Barcode 9780141332253
9780141332253

Description

Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of World War II. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley - but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London. 30th anniversary edition of this award-winning story, with a brand-new introduction by the author. Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.

Author description

Michelle Magorian was born in Portsmouth and on leaving school studied at the Rose Bruford College of speech and Drama and Marcel Marceau's International School of Mime in Paris. Over the years she became interested in children's books and decided to write one herself. The result was Goodnight Mister Tom, which won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, an International Reading Association Award and was also made into a much-loved film, starring the late John Thaw.