- Child abuse, Historical Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
During World War II, an aging recluse's stony heart is softened by his friendship with a young evacuee from London.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Michelle Magorian
- First published
- 1981
- Pages
- 318
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning Prebound, Harper & Row, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780060240783
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“"Yes said Tom bluntly, on opening the front door."”
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