Goodnight Mister Tom - Couverture souple

Magorian, Michelle

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140372334 ISBN 13 : 9780140372335

Editeur : Puffin Classics, 1996

Synopsis

Goodnight Mister Tom

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.Mum said war was a punishment from God for people's sins, so he'd better watch out. She didn't tell him what to watch out for, though.When the Second World War breaks out, young Willie Beech is evacuated to the countryside. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of kind old Tom Oakley. But then his cruel mother summons him back to war-torn London . . . Will he ever see Mister Tom again?'Everyone's idea of a smash-hit first novel: full-blown characters to love and hate, moments of grief and joy, and a marvellous story that knows just how to grab the emotions' GuardianMichelle Magorian was born in Portsmouth and on leaving school studied at the Rose Bruford College of speech and Drama and Marcel Marceau's International School of Mime in Paris. Over the years she became interested in children's books and decided to write one herself. The result was Goodnight Mister Tom, which won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, an International Reading Association Award and was also made into a much-loved film, starring the late John Thaw.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Michelle Magorian was born in Portsmouth, England, and grew up in such diverse places as Perth, Australia, and Singapore. She now makes her home in London.

An actress, dancer, and writer by profession, Ms. Magorian has worked with numerous touring and repertory companies, and spent two years training as a mime at Marcel Marceau's world-renowned L'Ecole Intenationale de Mime in Paris, France. An absorbing interest in the history and nature of children's books led her to try her hand at writing for younger readers. Good Night, Mr. Tom -- Which is her first book -- grew out of a short story she had written about the meeting of the two main characters. As Ms. Magorian explains, "I had to know what happened -- so I wrote the book."

Her other writing credits include a television play and poetry.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Puffin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0140372334
• ISBN 13: 9780140372335
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Illustrateur: Reed Neil