Good night mister Tom

As Britain stands on the brink of the Second World War, young Willie Beech is evacuated from London to the safety of a country village, Little Weirwold. A frightened and neglected boy, he is
billeted at the cottage where Tom Oakley, a grumpy recluse, has lived on his own for forty years.
Gradually, under Tom's gruff care,
Will begins to flourish and make friends with the children in the village. But his new-found happiness is shattered by an unexpected summons from his mother to return home to war-torn London, and Will is left to face the prospect of never seeing Mister Tom again ...
One of the best stories about wartime ever written, this 40th-anniversary edition
of Goodnight Mister Tom has a new introduction by the author,
and an author Q & A.