Other editions of book Private Peaceful

<div>A BBC Radio 4 dramatization of the powerful novel set in World War I, from the author of War Horse. This is the story of Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, a young soldier who finds himself in Belgium, in the trenches of World War I, with his brother Charlie. It is also the story of Tommo s life, growing up in Devon with his brothers, and of his love for Molly, the beautiful girl he met on his first day at school. As the story unfolds, from past to present, so approaches the hour when Tommo and Charlie will be separated for ever. The horrors of World War I, and the injustice meted out to the soldiers who fought in it, are movingly described. Recorded on location Iddesleigh, the Devon village where the book is set, this radio dramatization features among its cast Paul Chequer, Nicholas Lyndhurst, and author Michael Morpurgo himself.

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.

A stunning novel of the First World War Tragic, surprising and engaging in equal measure, Morpurgo's novel charts both the childhood of young Thomas Peaceful in the early years of the 20th century, and his eventual underage enlistment in the British army to help fight the First World War. It is, above all, a poignant story of war and about all of its many life-changing effects on those involved - also the brutality of the commanding regimes and the relentless squalor of trench warfare. It's not for the squeamish - Morpurgo tells it like it was and his honest insight is on every page for all to appreciate.

A BBC Radio 4 dramatization of the powerful novel set in World War I, from the author of War Horse. This is the story of Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, a young soldier who finds himself in Belgium, in the trenches of World War I, with his brother Charlie. It is also the story of Tommo’s life, growing up in Devon with his brothers, and of his love for Molly, the beautiful girl he met on his first day at school. As the story unfolds, from past to present, so approaches the hour when Tommo and Charlie will be separated for ever. The horrors of World War I, and the injustice meted out to the soldiers who fought in it, are movingly described. Recorded on location Iddesleigh, the Devon village where the book is set, this radio dramatization features among its cast Paul Chequer, Nicholas Lyndhurst, and author Michael Morpurgo himself.

Acclaimed author Michael Morpungo, Children's Laureate of England, has crafted an incredibly moving and tense tale that Kliatt hails as an "exceptional book." Morpurgo based the story on interviews with three World War I vets. Jeff Woodman, a master at voicing the inner turmoil of young adults, provides an utterly engrossing narration. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.