'Goodnight Mr. Tom' by Michelle Magorian tells the story of a young boy who was evacuated from London during World War II. She stays with an old man named Mr. Tom in a town called "Little Weirwold". As soon as William Beech arrives home, Mr. Tom soon discovers that he is from a very poor background and has been severely beaten by his mother. Everything was fine until Will's mother asked him to return to London because she was ill. Will didn't write to Mr. Tom as he promised and this made him very suspicious, so he went looking for him. A guard locates him at Will's house and breaks down the door. When they find Will, he is trapped in a closet tied to a pipe, holding his dead little sister. After a long period of recovery, William and Mr Tom both return to Little Weirwold, where William is helped back to health. Later in the book; Zach's father becomes ill, so he goes to meet him in the hospital, where he is killed. The rest of the book is about William dealing with the death of his best friend. The chapter we chose to write about was chapter 22, “Grieving"....