Michelle Magorian
Författare till Godnatt Mister Tom
Om författaren
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Serier
Verk av Michelle Magorian
Back Home (film) 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1947-11-06
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Födelseort
- Southsea, England, UK
- Bostadsorter
- Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
- Utbildning
- Bruford College of Speech and Drama
Marcel Marceau's L'ecole Internationale de Mime - Yrken
- actor
children's book author - Priser och utmärkelser
- Portsmouth University (honorary doctorate, 2007)
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
ww1 young adult fiction i Name that Book (juli 2015)
Recensioner
Listor
Favourite Books (1)
Comfort Reads (1)
BBC Big Read (1)
BBC Top Books (1)
Best Young Adult (1)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 19
- Även av
- 2
- Medlemmar
- 3,895
- Popularitet
- #6,502
- Betyg
- 4.2
- Recensioner
- 92
- ISBN
- 158
- Språk
- 9
- Favoritmärkt
- 14
- Proberstenar
- 113
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).… (mer)