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Goodnight Mister Tom

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Goodnight Mister Tom

By: Michelle Magorian
Narrated by: Patrick Malahide
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Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.

Penguin presents the downloadable audiobook edition of Goodnight Mister Tom, read by Patrick Malahide.

Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of World War II. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley, but his newfound happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London...

©2015 Michelle Magorian (P)2015 Penguin Audio Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction
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Beautifully written and brilliantly narrated. A story of love and humanity for the whole family. You will need your tissues!!

Superb

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I like it and it was great but you did not include the hole story and that ruined it please tell the hole story and make one with the hole story
I love how you read it the story was great to and

Tom and Will

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A great, at times quite sad and dark, touching story. The relationship built between the main characters is very sweet and felt very organic.

The reading was great, with the accents and portrayal of the characters adding significantly to the story

A very sweet story

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Although there were some obvious edit points, this abridged version is an excellent book and the narration is second to none. Brilliant performance.

An absolute must

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My son and I listened to it in the car. We didn't want to get out of the car as we were gripped by the story.

Beautiful story

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Excellent rendition of this Family favourite. Patrick Malahide captured the emotions that well over in this book beautifully and my Children and I have greatly enjoyed listening to this on a long car journey. 5 Stars all round!!

Excellent telling of a beautiful story!!

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Not all of the written words are translated into spoken text. This version of the book skips over chunks of information and even excludes the postscript.

As an English teacher, it is good to be aware that students reading this (listening) may miss some vital information about the text.

Otherwise, a very beautiful story.

Be aware

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One of my all time favourite books, but this abridged version removes so much of the story that it doesn't feel the same.

One of the first missing moments is when Willie is out in the graveyard his first day. There's zero mention of him finding the child's overgrown grave, clearing it and then protecting both it and himself from Sammy. The audiobook completely omits it and leaves it at Willie just protecting himself because his mother taught him that dogs are vicious and poisonous.

It's a small moment and there are so many more that are missing, but it's one that really shows that he's a sweet kid despite all the abuse he's been through

Anyway, the narrator is decent and of course the full book is fantastic. I'll still listen to this one when I'm trying to fall asleep. But I wouldn't recommend it if you haven't already read the full book

Original is great but this abridged

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This book is on the shorter side of what I like to get but it was fantastic.
What a roller coaster of emotions and I just loved it. Highly recommended
Only issue I have was the voice work was great for male characters but sounds weird for females as it was such a manly voice. and at times was hard to distinguish between characters but other fantastic

short but powerful

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I adore the performance, and the narrative made me cry and smile. What a work of brilliant writing.

My favourite story of all time.

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