# Good Night, Mr. Tom

**Author:** Michelle Magorian
**Grade range:** Grades 6–8
**Age range:** 11–13
**First published:** 1981
**Page count:** 318
**Genre:** Historical Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780060240783`
**ISBN-10:** `0060240784`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/good-night-mr-tom
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

During World War II, an aging recluse's stony heart is softened by his friendship with a young evacuee from London.

## Themes

- child abuse
- historical fiction
- world war, 1939-1945
- country life

## Where this book is assigned

### Virginia Readers' Choice

- **recommended** · 6th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1990-1991 winner (Middle)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1990-1991 winner (Middle)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1990-1991 winner (Middle)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)

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