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This is a beautiful hardback edition to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this classic WW2 story. Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of WW2. 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...This title is the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.