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Goodnight Mister Tom (New Century Readers)

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Goodnight Mister Tom is an epic novel of a christian boy evacuated to the countryside from the war in London. There he meets Mister Tom, a freindly man who helps him not to be afraid, but to show him the meanings of love and care. With Tom's help, he tranforms to a lively active boy, who is loud and also is great company to Mister Tom, lighting his days.

This is a brilliant book for anyone to read. It grabs your attention and you just can not put it down. This is one of the first few books which made me cry, and made me feel as if I was there watching the scenes. Not only being an emotional book, it brings you to the past and how children where treated then, making you sorry for children, who where cruely used by strict parents. This is a great book, it won't let you down.

I first read this book when I was 11, and I loved it. I found it heart-warming and so well written you could get to know the characters. How both Mister Tom and Will grow and come out of their shells is amazing. I've read it several times over these 3 years and it NEVER fails to reach my heart.

This is one of my all-time favorite books, and I was super excited to see this available on kindle. Only when I tried to buy it did I realise it's not available to USA customers yet. I'm going to have to watch this one and wait oh-so-patiently for this great book to become available to us Americans. What a bummer, but oh well, I've waited this long, what's another year or so?

This book was read to me while I was in school when I was very young. I always remembered the title because I liked it so much. I have read it over and over as an adult and I love it every time. I like the way Magorian writes - she reaches out to the reader and gets you immediately immersed in the book. You care about Will and his transformation through loving but grumpy Mr. Tom!

Goodnight Mister Tom, is the sad story of William, a sad and thin evacuee from London, his strict and rather evil mother sends him to live with a religious and good-willing person in the country, Mr Tom and his dog, Samuel.Mr Tom is a king but rather gruff man who had lived by himself ever since the death of his wife and baby child, William.He is grudged as a loner(what he is) and a rude and evil man(what he isn't)So when Willie, a sad and depressed boy who is always being beaten up by his mother com es to stay, it is up to Mister Tom to teach him the facts of life, and Will teaches the facts back to Tom too!Will becomes popular among his people in the country and becomes a handsome and strong boy, with a good will.But when his mother summons him back to London all the problems and difficulties unfold.........

This book is the tragic story of the evacuees from London and even how they have a spirit trapped inside them like a prisoner- a prisoner from hell, one who will never survive, or may, if they are able to reach the hands of kind people at the right time.I loved this book and found it life-warming and a wonderful book for young adults and children too!

I had to read this book in 24 hours 4 school and i was staying up til 2:30 am reading it, but it was dead boring anyway. the first few chapters were just boring, until Will was taken to his mother and was rescued, but, like the beginnning, the end chapters had no action and were so boring