{"product_id":"goodnight-mister-tom","title":"Goodnight Mister Tom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTom tucked a blanket round him, drew up a chair by the fire and watched Willie fall asleep. The tales he had heard about evacuees didn't seem to fit Willie.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Ungrateful' and 'wild' were the adjectives he had heard used, or just plain 'homesick'. He was quite unprepared for this timid, sickly little specimen. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBritain, 1940. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith World War Two raging all around, young children are being sent from their homes in the city to the countryside for safety. When eight-year-old Willie Beech first arrives on Tom Oakley's doorstep, neither are quite sure what to make of each another. Brought up in terrible poverty, Willie is terribly shy, and totally unprepared for village life - but the gruff-but-gentle 'Mister Tom' quickly takes him under his wing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeither he nor Willie could ever have predicted the journey they will go on together - nor the unbreakable bond that will be formed. Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, and rightly hailed as a true classic of children's literature, \u003cem\u003eGoodnight Mister Tom\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautifully told, deeply moving story about the power of friendship, kindness, hope - and love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2014\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Puffin Books\u003cbr\u003ePages: 372\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 0241396786\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9780241396780\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michelle Magorian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50485949989130,"sku":"","price":11.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9780141354804.jpg?v=1734872429","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/goodnight-mister-tom","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}