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there in the cupboard for days. William is hospitalised. Whilst there, he suffers horrific nightmares and is drugged to prevent his screams from disturbing other children's sleep. Tom hears that
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William heals through his friendship with another recluse, Geoffrey
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William's home. The house appears to be empty, but Sammy is agitated by something inside. Tom persuades a local policeman to break down the door. They find William chained to a pipe in the closet with the baby girl, who has died. William is malnourished and badly bruised as he had been locked
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Tom Oakley is a reclusive and crabby widower in his sixties. He is avoided by the community and vice versa. William's mother wanted
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William attends school and makes friends with George, twins Carrie and Ginnie, and especially with fellow evacuee Zach. William learns to read and write with the help of Tom and others, and demonstrates a talent in drawing, painting and dramatics. As
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who is physically and emotionally abused by his mother, arrives at the village of Little
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have fed a baby on his own and that a woman cannot conceive a child on her own. He realises his mother had sex with a man, although she had told him that it was a sin for unmarried men and women to consort. He no longer blames himself for his sister's death.
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