catsalive (Australia) (2010/12/22): BOB blurb: 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...
Winner of the 1982 Guardian Award (AKA Guardian Children's Fiction Prize).
