Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian is set in the time of the Second World War in a small village just outside London called Little Wierwold and tells the story of eight-year-old evacuee, William Beech. A Londoner brought up by his over-religious mother who frequently beat him for not doing as he was told. He had no father and no brothers or sisters. I think he must have been very lonely, as the book doesn't …showed first 75 words of 685 total…

…showed last 75 words of 685 total…one of those books that you just can't put down. I liked the way that the chapters ended just before a main event was about to take place. It made me want to read the next chapter, and the next, and the next. I love the happy ending where Tom adopts Willie. I really like the very last sentence in the book "Dad, I'm growing!" because I think that's the whole meaning of the book!