The chapter we chose to write about was chapter 22, "Grieving" because it was very moving. In this chapter William tries to repress his feelings about Zach's death and Geoffrey seems to understand Will's pain. It is also William's first Christmas with Mr. Tom, so they make homemade toys for the arriving evacuees, due to increased bombing in London. Will also learns from Geoffrey that he "can live without Zach, even if he still misses him" while Will learns that Geoffrey lost a friend while fighting in the war and learns to overcome his grief. “Goodnight Mr Tom” by Michelle Magorian is about a young boy named William Beech, who is evacuated from London during World War II. He is evacuated to a village called Little Weirwold, where he lives with an old man called Tom Oakley. William starts out as a nervous and shy boy and slowly becomes more confident. His progress is then dashed when he returns to London to his abusive mother who ties him and his new baby sister to a pipe in a cupboard. Mr. Tom becomes worried when Will doesn't write, so he goes to London to rescue him. Will returns to Little Weirwold and overcomes his trauma. After a pleasant holiday with Will and Tom, Zach returns to London and is killed. Will eventually comes to terms with all of this and decides that he can be perfectly happy with Mr. Tom, but he still misses Zach. In our group, we chose chapter 22, "Mourning." It is in this chapter that he begins to deal with the death of his best friend Zach, mentioned at the end of chapter 21. At the beginning of the chapter Will is in a zombie phase, feeling like half of him has been missing. He avoided anything that reminded him of Zach, like the Littles' cottages and Geoffrey's art classes. It was at Spooky Cott., that something between... the center of the paper... came out the other side. It's inspiring to see the brighter side of life after experiencing so much like Willie. I thought "Goodnight Mister Tom" was a great book. It was great to see both characters, Tom and Will, grow over the course of the book and how, even when the worst things you can imagine happen, you can bounce back and still have a good outlook on life. My favorite part of the book was when Zach, Tom, and Willie all went on vacation, because it was such a happy chapter. I also learned that not all of the evacuated children were unhappy. I thought they were all sob stories about how they missed their parents, but this shows that they learned new things and ultimately became better people. When I started reading the book, I thought I wouldn't like it, but I actually really liked it.