A book review of 'Goodnight Mister Tom'

Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian is set in the time of the Second World War in a small village just outside London called Little Wierwold and tells the story of eight-year-old evacuee, William Beech. A Londoner brought up by his over-religious mother who frequently beat him for not doing as he was told. He had no father and no brothers or sisters. I think he must have been very lonely, as the book doesn't …

…one of those books that you just can't put down. I liked the way that the chapters ended just before a main event was about to take place. It made me want to read the next chapter, and the next, and the next. I love the happy ending where Tom adopts Willie. I really like the very last sentence in the book "Dad, I'm growing!" because I think that's the whole meaning of the book!