Private Peaceful
Subtitle: Depressing Book!
By: Edited by Michael Morpurgo
Edition: First Edition
Series: Private Peaceful (Movie)
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London, United Kingdom.
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780007486441
Copyright date: 2003
Other titles: No
First sentence: They’ve gone now, and I’m alone at last.
Description: 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.
Notes: No