MAGORIAN, Michelle - Goodnight Mister Tom | Puffin Books

Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of the Second World War. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley - but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back to London...

Illustrated by Neil Reed

Published: 1996. First published 1981