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Michelle Magorian

Autor(a) de Good Night, Mr. Tom

18+ Works 3,951 Membros 93 Críticas 14 Favorited

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Obras por Michelle Magorian

Good Night, Mr. Tom (1981) 2,580 exemplares
Back Home (1985) 470 exemplares
A Little Love Song (1991) 266 exemplares
A Spoonful of Jam (1998) 160 exemplares
Just Henry (2008) 154 exemplares
Cuckoo in the Nest (1994) 141 exemplares
Who's Going to Take Care of Me? (1990) 74 exemplares
Be Yourself (2003) 24 exemplares
In Deep Water (1992) 23 exemplares
Impossible! (2014) 16 exemplares
Jump! (1992) 12 exemplares
The Front Room (2016) 9 exemplares
In at the Deep End (2016) 7 exemplares
The Smile (2015) 4 exemplares
Waiting for My Shorts to Dry (1991) 2 exemplares
Orange Paw Marks (1992) 1 exemplar
Back Home (film) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Young Oxford Book of Nightmares (2000) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Guardian Angels (1987) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares

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ww1 young adult fiction em Name that Book (Julho 2015)

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The enduring memory is of William starved, abused, and lying in his excrement in the closet with his baby sister in his arms. If Tom had not arrived in the nick of time, William would have died. He is almost there by divine intervention. Labeled as a children's or young adult's book but worth a read anytime.
 
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siok | 67 outras críticas | Jan 20, 2024 |
I read this book for the first time when I was in Form 3 at school. It was part of our curriculum, and the book stayed with me for a very long time after reading it for the first time. I think it was the first book I read that depicted child abuse in writing, that didn’t shy away from difficult topics. It probably introduced me to a world of more adult fiction, even though it was essentially a book written for children. The fact that the book plays with reality so well really has helped it leave a special place in my heart, not least because it was also probably the first book I ever enjoyed studying while reading.
Goodnight Mister Tom is about the unlikely friendship, bond and love that forms between a wizened, bitter old man who lives in the country, and the little boy from London who is evacuated and brought to live with him. Tom, a man who has become embittered with age, especially after the death of his wife and baby boy, reluctantly takes upon the responsibility of looking after Willie, but very quickly realizes that the boy has never known a loving relationship from a parent, and soon starts to open up and become warmer to people in general while showing Willie what true paternal love is.
The book deals with so many different themes – war, death, the love between family members, chosen family, loss, change, child abuse, puberty, education. The list goes on and on. The book manages to fit so many different topics in without feeling like it’s trying to be preachy or trying to make a statement. It is a book that is, quite simply, explaining the reality of a situation in a small village during World War Two, with the addition of a wonderful cast of characters that really lend themselves to the story.
I don’t want to spoil how the story plays out, or how it tears at your heartstrings in ways that you didn’t think possible. I will say that it is a happy ending, and it is a wonderful book for people of all ages to read. It is, actually, a wonderful book for children aged twelve and up, children who can identify with the main characters and who are probably learning about the world wars in their history classes at school. If anybody is curious about war fiction and doesn’t know where to start, this book is probably a very safe bet.
Final rating: 5/5 stars. A wonderful read and a nice quick one too (I recall finishing it in about two days).
… (mais)
 
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viiemzee | 67 outras críticas | Feb 20, 2023 |
Bellissimo, una storia avvincente e molto emozionante, ad alto contenuto drammatico ma che riesce ad essere anche molto tenera e confortante.
 
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Raffaella10 | 67 outras críticas | Jan 28, 2023 |
Good book about young boy in wartime England and his frienship with an older man.
 
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kslade | 67 outras críticas | Dec 8, 2022 |

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Obras
18
Also by
2
Membros
3,951
Popularidade
#6,397
Avaliação
4.2
Críticas
93
ISBN
158
Línguas
9
Marcado como favorito
14

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