Goodnight Mister Tom book review

Goodnight mister Tom

Cameron                                                        12 Room 1

PLOT

Do you like historical fiction? books well I do! September 1939, as Britain stands on the brink
of the war, many young children from the cities are evacuated to the countryside to escape an
imminent German bombardment. Willie Beech, a boy from Deptford south east of London who is
physically and emotionally abused by his mother, arrives at the home of Tom Oakley, a widower
in his sixties who lives in the village of Little Weirwold. The boy is thin, underfed and covered with
painful bruises, and believes he is full of sin, a result of his upbringing by his mother, a insane,
God-fearing widow. The atmosphere in Little Weirwold is fresh and full of life, and everyone is
friendly. William loves it there and a large change is changing him from a weak lonely little boy
into a healthy friendly lively little boy. Even the topic of conversation is different and more
natural and open in Little Weirwold, everyone knows everyone else and they all look out for
each other; "I'm a little worried, what with her baby due so soon," was the remark made by
a villager in concern for Annie Hartridge the class teacher. In London the topic of conversation
is very stiff, and every-one is suspected of being a "German Spy

SETTING

The story begins in Winter time when William Beech is first introduced as being an evacuee
all the way from London to live with Mr Tom Oakley.This books setting this book is as I said Little
Weirwold which is a fictional village not far from London. The Setting Of 'Goodnight Mr Tom.'
'Goodnight Mr Tom' is set around the time of evacuation during the 2nd World War. Willie's life
which begins in London as a weak little boy now centres around the village of Little Weirwold
which is situated in the British countryside, as it is the safest place to be during the war. Little
Weirwold is surrounded by fields and William's place of residence, 'Church Cottage' has beautiful
gardens and a lovely, peaceful and quiet graveyard making up the grounds

Main Characters

William is thin, underfed and covered with painful bruises, and believes he is full of sin, a result of his upbringing by his mother, a insane, God-fearing widow. Tom is elderly man whose life has been very sad, his wife and boy died of scarlet fever.