Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo / Feb 25, 2021
Private Peaceful 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 n

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 childhFrom 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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Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the Second World War, then returned to London, moving later to Essex After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to write He left teaching after ten years in order to set up Farms for City Children with his wife They have three farms in Devon, Wales and Gloucestershire, open to inner city school children who come to stay and work with the animals In 1999 this work was publicly recognised when he and his wife were awarded an MBE for services to youth He is also a father and grandfather, so children have always played a large part in his life Every year he and his family spend time in the Scilly Isles, the setting for three of his books.