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Set during World War I, Private Peaceful charts eight hours in the life of Tommo, a young soldier at the Front, as he looks back over the formative events of his life: his father’s early death, his relationship with his loving mother and brothers, Big Joe and Charlie, and their beloved schoolfriend Molly – all set among an evocative and beautifully realised rural landscape.
Passionate, beguiling and moving, this award-winning story is also an unflinching examination of the horrors of war and the injustice surrounding the execution of soldiers by firing squad, on the – often false – grounds of desertion or cowardice. Former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo uses all his superb storytelling skills to weave this powerful, poignant tale of the horrors of World War I, which will touch readers of all ages.
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World War, 1914-1918, Young adult fiction, Juvenile fiction, Single-parent families, People with mental disabilities, Poverty, Soldiers, Fiction, History, Single-parent families -- Fiction, Poverty -- Fiction, Soldiers -- Fiction, People with mental disabilities -- Fiction, World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Fiction, Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- Fiction, World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, English Historical fiction, Children, Academic Literacy, Chang pian xiao shuo, Bilingual books, Children's fiction, World war, 1914-1918, fiction, Great britain, history, fiction, Single-parent families, fiction, Soldiers, fiction, People with mental disabilities, fiction, Poverty, fiction, Plays, Children's plays, Large type books, Guerre mondiale (1914-1918), Brothers, Brothers and sisters, Fictions pour la jeunesse, Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918, Romans, nouvelles, Frères, Famille, Roman pour la jeunesse, Roman historique pour la jeunesse, RomansPlaces
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Gan ju yu ning meng a: Private Peaceful
2009, Zhongguo cheng shi chu ban she
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Private Peaceful
2004, Scholastic Press, Point
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Private Peaceful: Depressing Book!
2003, HarperCollins
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"They’ve gone now, and I’m alone at last."
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When Thomas Peaceful's older brother is forced to join the British Army, Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fourteen years old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself.
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