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A small, timid refugee from wartime London--and from a sadistic mother--and a lonely villager who has reluctantly accepted the child form a bond of love and trust that is deeply touching. . . . a vivid cast for an English story with universal and timeless appeal.--IRA Childrens Book Award Committee. ALA Notable Childrens Book; 1982 ALA Best Books for Young Adults; 1983 Horn Book Fanfare Honor List; 1982 IRA Childrens Book Award; Booklist 1982 Young Adult Editors Choices. A powerfully emotional award-winning novel about the ways we save each other. London is poised on the brink of World War II. Eight-year-old Willie Beech is evacuated to the English countryside and lands on Thomas Oakleys doorstep, timid and scarred from abuse. Mr. Tom, a gruff but kindly old man, is deeply moved for the boy, treating him with a gentleness hes forgotten hes even capable of. With Mr. Toms help, Willie forgets his hateful past and learns to love a world he never knew existed, a world of friendship and affection and joy. But then a telegram comes, and Willie is ordered to return to London. When weeks pass without word from him, Mr. Tom sets out for London to once again rescue the boy hes come to love as a son.
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