Book: Paperback | 129 x 198mm | 448 pages | ISBN 9780141329703 | 29 Jul 2010 | Puffin | 8 - 12 years
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 newfound happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London ...