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Title	:	Private Peaceful
Author	:	Michael Morpurgo
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 208 pages
Published	:	October 1st 2004 by Scholastic Press (first published 2003)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. War. Young Adult. Fiction. Novels

Private Peaceful

Michael Morpurgo

Hardcover | Pages: 208 pages

Rating: 4.18 | 19585 Users | 1480 Reviews

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From the Children's Laureate of England, a stunning novel of the First World War, a boy who is on its front lines, and a childhood remembered. "They've gone now, and I'm alone at last. I have the whole night ahead of me, and I won't waste a single moment of it . . . I want tonight to be long, as long as my life . . ." For young Private Peaceful, looking back over his childhood while he is on night watch in the battlefields of the First World War, his memories are full of family life deep in the countryside: his mother, Charlie, Big Joe, and Molly, the love of his life. Too young to be enlisted, Thomas has followed his brother to war and now, every moment he spends thinking about his life, means another moment closer to danger.

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Original Title:	Private Peaceful
ISBN:	0439636485 (ISBN13: 9780439636483)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Molly, Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, Charlie Peaceful
Literary Awards:	Blue Peter Book Award, California Young Readers Medal for Young Adult (2008), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2003)

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In Private Peaceful, a sixteen-year-old boy by the name of Thomas Peaceful lies about his age and goes to fight in the war with his older brother Charlie. There, all they have is each other, even if they have to often be careful what they say around each other. Many unwanted emotions could come up if one of them mentions their mother, who is still back at home, or Thomas's first love, Molly, who ended up marrying Charlie. However, they soon start to worry endlessly about their futures. After

Charlie, an eighteen year old boy was living a good life, is struck in the face of war, specifically World War I, and is forced to go. The real question is should his younger brother, Tommo, go with him. Tommo and Charlie lived a happy life in England, in a simple little town where no big problems really occur. With the brink of war at hand however, the army is recruiting any boy of age to fight, which Charlie was. Tommo, however, was not. Tommo is sixteen years old at the time, and the military

I have been a fan of Michael Murpurgo for some time now and have enjoyed every book of his that I've read so far, but Private Peaceful takes his writing to another level. It's a long time since I've been moved so much by a story, this one left me with the same feeling as the end of 'The Boy In Striped Pyjamas'. I smiled and I cried and I wont forget this for a very long time - if ever.The story begins with Private Tommo Peaceful reflecting life from the battlefields of the First World War. He

I am crying, you're crying, we're all crying



Interest level: 5th +Reading level: easy, short bookGenre: historical fiction, World War I, WWI, soldiersRead alikes: War Horse, Kensuke's KingdomMichael Morpurgo is one of my favorite authors, and this book is, in my opinion, one of his best. Incredibly, "Private Peaceful" is Michael Morpurgo's 100th book."Private Peaceful"is a short and easy read but, boy, the story will stay with you for a long, long time. It takes place during WWI when many young men were eager to take part in the war. Some

Words can't even describe how much this book means to me.I would recommend it to anyone, especially to other history 'nerds' like me. As it is the type of book that lives on even after you turn the last page. No matter how many times I've read it, it never seems to lose my interest. It is a very popular book used in schools, but I think people of all ages can relate and feel connected in some way to this story and the characters within it, not just children. After reading I can't help but think