A bookclub read which I really enjoyed. Set against the backdrop of World War One, the story follows brothers Charlie and Tommo as they grow up and enlist in Britain's army to fight in the war. Each chapter begins sometime during a long night as Tommo recalls all the adventures and trials he and his family endured together. This book is aimed at 10-14 year olds however adults seem to really enjoy it and it is a great discussion book.

The sadest book I have ever read.I would reccommend this to you all who like to cry over a book, but I warn you to have a tissue when your near the end, because you'll cry your heart out.This book is passionate and brings you deep, letting you know how the characthers feeling and wishing it could change to a happy ending, but it also tells you what war and true love and brotherly friendship is about.It tells you how Charlie and Tommo Peaceful come to at the end, and I wish I have never read this [...]

Words can't even describe how much this book means to me.I would recommend it to anyone, especially to other history 'nerds' like me. As it is the type of book that lives on even after you turn the last page. No matter how many times I've read it, it never seems to lose my interest. It is a very popular book used in schools, but I think people of all ages can relate and feel connected in some way to this story and the characters within it, not just children. After reading I can't help but think [...]

Im 13, and we read this book in my english class. Before I read this I never understood WW1 and WW2 but it opened my eyes to the suffering and sadness of it all. I think the author was brilliant to not go straight to the trenches, but go through Tommo's whole life first. I became to love Tommo alot as he grew up, and Charlie too. When they go to war it is just so miserable and sad and I now think all soldiers in the war, and ww2 were complete heroes and dont get enough credit for what they did f [...]

Adapted from the book jacket: Private Thomas Peaceful has lied about his age and left his family behind to follow his older brother, Charlie, to France to fight in the First World War. Now, Tommo has one almost unendurable night, alone, fighting sleep, to reflect on his life. As the minutes slowly tick by, his memories are full of his childhood in the English countryside. His father, mother, brothers, and first love, Molly, come vividly alive in his mind. But every moment Tommo spends thinking a [...]

• review also posted on Wordpress! • rating: 1.5 stars *warning: review contains spoilers!*Don't let my new rating system fool you: this is not an awful book. However, at times, I really disliked reading it. That's why I could only rate this one star.I had to read this for college, but didn't have time to post a review yet. I had to evaluate whether this could be used in the classroom and create an activity based on the book. Please note I am going to review my own enjoyment (or lack thereof [...]

A British teenage boy follows his brother into the army during World War I and is sent to the trenches in France. Describes how men who broke under the stress of war were shot as deserters. Pair this with Marcus Sedgwick's The Foreshadowing for a grim picture of the realities of war.

I first read "Private Peaceful" when I was about ten years old and I remember that it had a great impression on me. I borrowed it from the school library without particularly high expectations. I had read some of Morpurgo's work before and although I had enjoyed it I recall thinking that this book looked decidely dull. However, when I began to read the story I found it to be both historically interesting and fantastically gripping. It was the first book that really made me cry which just goes to [...]

Tommo e Charlie são dois irmãos, apaixonados pela mesma garota, que vivem em um pequeno vilarejo da Inglaterra no princípio da primeira guerra mundial. Ambos se alistam para a guerra deixando para trás o amor de suas vidas. Esse livro teve grande influência , pois através do seu autor , que mostrou os efeitos psicológicos da guerra, do campo de batalha, fez com que o governo britânico perdoasse postumamente os que foram acusados de covardia. Aproximadamente 300 Britânicos foram levados [...]

In Private Peaceful, a sixteen-year-old boy by the name of Thomas Peaceful lies about his age and goes to fight in the war with his older brother Charlie. There, all they have is each other, even if they have to often be careful what they say around each other. Many unwanted emotions could come up if one of them mentions their mother, who is still back at home, or Thomas's first love, Molly, who ended up marrying Charlie. However, they soon start to worry endlessly about their futures. After all [...]

This book is a realistic historical fiction novel about a man called Thomas Peaceful. He and his brother are called to fight in WW1, and this book is about the horrors of war and the disasters that destroy Thomas Peaceful's life. I think you would like this book if you like historical fiction and learning about other's lives.

Private peaceful is set in the WWI era, and time of sorrow for many countries. It takes place in Iddesleigh. In the beginning you have no idea the book is about war if you didn't keep reading, or look at the title first. It talks about the characters' child hoods, and eventually how the war starts to change things as they get older. There are many great characters in the book but one that stands out most is Charlie Peaceful. He always stands up for what he thinks is right, and it really encourag [...]

Private Peaceful is an engaging, quick read that captures the heartbreak, love, and loss associated with World War I. The book takes place in England both before and during the war. The setting feels authentic and fits the story perfectly, letting you be fully enthralled in it's beauty . Tommo, the main character, hasn't had an easy life. His father died in front of him when he was a child, and this brought a sense of darkness that he hadn't seen before. Ever sense, Tommo was a changed person, a [...]

Set in Britain in the early 1900s a young boy named Thomas Peaceful, nicknamed Tommo, is faced with incredible hardship. Tommo lives on an estate of a bitterly mean Colonel with his brother Charlie, who often seems to be a hero in the face of figures who threaten Tommo, and their peers,Big Joe, their older brother, who suffers from a mental disability,and their mother who takes good care of all the boys in their mischievous excursions.When Tommo first started school he was faced with difficulty [...]

Thomas Peaceful’s life has not been easy. His father died in a logging accident while saving his life. Thomas's family endures much hardship at the hands of his father's former employer and a great-aunt. Thomas also has to protect his mentally challenged oldest brother, Big Joe. Through the trials and tribulations of his young life, Thomas has his older brother and best friend Charlie by his side.The First World War is at hand when they age up and become madely in love with a girl named Molly. [...]

Leora Cohen-Tigör Period 5 2/25/14 The stage is set on the harrowing battlefield. A young man, Private Peaceful, as he is known, is counting down the hours until his untimely death. As the minutes tick by, he watches his life flash in front of his own eyes. He sees how unsure of himself he was as a little child; his ultimate loneliness as his brother leaves him to go off to school. When his brother joins the “Bigguns” in the upper school, he is left stranded with the “Tiddlers”, the low [...]

I seem to have read quite a few novels about the 1914-18 war. It is a subject which interests me - novels which detail the personal experiences of its characters in the war.This novel is ostensibly written for older children/young adults by the author of the more famous War Horse (which I have also read). It is, however, worth adding this novel to the library of anyone having an interest in the subject.Even though the novel is aimed at the younger reader, it doesn't shy away from telling a hard [...]

Thomas (Tommo) Peaceful has always lived within the footsteps of his older brother, Charlie Peaceful. The two brothers do everything together, and whenever something happens to Tommo, Charlie is always right there to protect him. But the one thing Charlie can't protect him from is the guilt he feels for his father's death, which was an accident when a tree fell on him; but he can try to help him through it. On his first day on school, Thomas meets his soon to be, love of his life, Molly. Coincid [...]

I have been a fan of Michael Murpurgo for some time now and have enjoyed every book of his that I've read so far, but Private Peaceful takes his writing to another level. It's a long time since I've been moved so much by a story, this one left me with the same feeling as the end of 'The Boy In Striped Pyjamas'. I smiled and I cried and I wont forget this for a very long time - if ever.The story begins with Private Tommo Peaceful reflecting life from the battlefields of the First World War. He th [...]

Interest level: 5th +Reading level: easy, short bookGenre: historical fiction, World War I, WWI, soldiersRead alikes: War Horse, Kensuke's KingdomMichael Morpurgo is one of my favorite authors, and this book is, in my opinion, one of his best. Incredibly, "Private Peaceful" is Michael Morpurgo's 100th book."Private Peaceful"is a short and easy read but, boy, the story will stay with you for a long, long time. It takes place during WWI when many young men were eager to take part in the war. Some [...]

Awesome read. Definitely recommended. Full review up soon.

Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo.Private Peaceful, a touching story about love, friendship, family, war and injustice. Private Peaceful is a story that shows the power of words. It’s a story that shows the power of promises. Private Peaceful is a children’s story that reaches the heart and plays with it like a toy car. Thomas Peaceful is reliving and retelling his life. He is telling it as of the point where something terrible is happening in his life. Thomas’s best friend and brother, [...]

A book I have been meaning to read for some time. Two brothers, Charlie and Tommo and their idyllic early life in a Devon village and their time serving during the Great War. The cruelty and pointless waste of life during war time is shown so clearly in this book.

Priavate Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo, is rich in history and leaves the reader pondering the next sequence of events. In World War One the Peaceful's are struggling to keep a house on the Colonel's property with the recent death of their father. A strong possible option is war.Morpurgo develops both the main character, Thomas, also known as Tommo, and sub characters like real people. The characters are engaging with their human strengths and weaknesses. The characters are developed directly; mo [...]

The story is about a young teenager named Tomas "Tommo" Peaceful. He tells us about the experiences he had living in his home village during World War I. His oldest brother, Big Joe, has learning disabilities and is often times looked out by his younger brothers. Thomas had another brother named Charlie, whom he spent a lot of his time with prior to the war. Before the war, he tells us about the pretty girl named Molly, a wonderful girl he met on the first day of school. Tommo knew from the mome [...]

Charlie, an eighteen year old boy was living a good life, is struck in the face of war, specifically World War I, and is forced to go. The real question is should his younger brother, Tommo, go with him. Tommo and Charlie lived a happy life in England, in a simple little town where no big problems really occur. With the brink of war at hand however, the army is recruiting any boy of age to fight, which Charlie was. Tommo, however, was not. Tommo is sixteen years old at the time, and the military [...]

Private peaceful is a book that gives each word a new meaning, something that gives the reader a new perspective on a family living through difficult times. What you thought you knew about life during war, alters. Private Peaceful tells of one's journey through life through the eyes of two brothers, Thomas, referred to as Tommo, and his older brother Charlie- the bold-minded boy who is not afraid to speak his mind to anyone about anything. As these two grow up with war in the backs of their mind [...]

• Igor Kovalyov• APA citation: Morpurgo, M. (2003). Private Peaceful. London: Collins.• Genre: Historical Fiction• Awards (If applicable): N/A• Format: Print• Selection Process: Recommendation• Review:Private Peaceful is a wonderful read for any age. Targeted to pre-teens this story takes place during World War I and is told by Thomas. Thomas is the younger brother to Charlie. We are treated to this story through a series of Thomas' memories of growing up with their older brother B [...]

If any novel be permitted five stars, it is Private Peaceful. The story takes place during World War I. Tommo Peaceful and his older brother, Charlie, have been enlisted and go off to fight. Tragic experiences leave Tommo to come to terms with everything. Tommo and Charlie are compelled to compose vigorous decisions while fighting the war. Love and hatred play a key role in this novel. Molly, a childhood friend, falls in love with Charlie as Charlie falls in love with her, too. But what will hap [...]

Michael Morpurgo gently draws the reader into Private Peaceful, but the characters never relinquish their hold even after the last word has been read and the book closed. Private Peaceful is recommended for a young adult audience which usually indicates the novel is most appropriate for a ninth through twelfth grade audience. There is a teenaged character who becomes pregnant out of wedlock and minimal profanity. The book illustrates the inhumanity of World War I. I would not hesitate to recomme [...]