'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' - Guardian
Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of the Second World War. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley-but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London...
1 Meeting
2 Little Weirwold
3 Saturday Morning
4 Equipped
5 'Chamberlain Announces'
6 Zach
7 An Encounter over Blackberries
8 School
9 Birthday Boy
10 The Case
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