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Its about a young boy named Willie Beech who is an evacuee during world war II. He is evacuated to the country and falls under the care of Tom Oakly, while he is staying in Little Weirwold he meets his soon to be best friend Zach at the post office who is cheeky and bold. Willie is a sad deprived child but he slowly begins to flourish and reveals his true talent as an artist, but all this changes when a summons from his mother ruins it all :O

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"Goodnight Mr Tom" is a novel by Michelle Magorian About a Boy named William who is evacuated to the countryside during World War II. Mr. Tom is an elderly man who takes William in and helps him heal from his traumatic past. Other characters include Zach, a friend William makes in the village, and Mrs. Beech, William's abusive mother.

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it is a book about a boy who gets taken away but the man who adpts him is very nice so the boy (tom) has a good life(not really)

Willie, the young boy, is sent to the country side because of the bombing to Mr.Tom. He is really grumpy and after a while, he gets really nice and they turn into a family and willie's mum kidnaps him and locks him in a cupboard with her new baby then mr tom saves him and stuff

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Tom Oakley lives in Little Weirworld

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he was bare old

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they go to salmouth as a holiday

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Goodnight Mr Tom was set during WWII


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