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Private Peaceful - Michael Morpurgo

Description: ISBN 0007150075 / Author: Michael Morpurgo / Genre: Junior Books / Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks / Heroism or cowardice? A ... more

Private Peaceful - Michael Morpurgo ... stunning story of the First World War from a master storyteller. Told in the voice of a young soldier, the story follows 24 hours in his life at the front during WW1, and captures his memories as he looks back over his life. Full of stunningly researched detail and engrossing atmosphere, the book leads to a dramatic and moving conclusion. Both a love story and a deeply moving account of the horrors of the First World War, this book will reach everyone from 9 to 90.

Newest Review: ... As you read through these memories you will become lost in the innocence of youth and the happiness of friendship. The story ... more

... however isn't quite what it seems, as the First World War breaks out Thomas and Charlie join up and fight side by side in the trenches. It is here that you realise that as the clock ticks by and Thomas remembers how things used to be another moment is passing as structurally each chapter of the book brings Thomas and the reader closer to the present. A present where something will change his life forever and make him realise the uncertainty of his own future. I won't tell you what the ending is; all I'll say is that...more

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Private Peaceful - Michael Morpurgo: "...every moment of it will be far too precious..." (386 words)
by MI9to5 - written on 06.05.08 (Very useful, 40 readings)
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Private Peaceful is without a doubt the best book I have ever read. It is a book that will make you laugh and cry but is certainly not a book you will forget in a hurry. It begins with eighteen-year-old Private Thomas Peaceful on the battlefields of the First World War looking back over his countryside childhood. These memories are fond ones of his life back at home with his mother, father, brothers 'Big Joe' and Charlie and best friend Molly. As you read through these memories you will become lost in the innocence of youth and the happiness of friendship. The story however isn't quite what it seems, as the First World War breaks out Thomas and ...

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