Private Peaceful

From the battlefields of the Great War, a young soldier recalls memories of family life in the countryside. But every moment Tommo Peaceful spends dwelling on the past brings him closer to a very different future. This engrossing, important novel for ages 10 and over examines what it means to be labelled a hero or a coward - something that's returned to haunt us in the 21st Century. "It is impossible not to be moved." - Telegraph

Winner of Blue Peter Book of the Year 2005 and Blue Peter Book Award (Book I Couldn't Put Down Prize) 2005. Shortlisted for Whitbread Prize (Children's Book) 2003.

His [Tommo's] journey from agricultural labourer to cannon fodder is movingly told...Michael Morpurgo is expert at getting through to his readers. He writes here about events that should never be forgotten nor forgiven, and does so most effectively. Independent ...full of warmth as well as grief, conveying vividly how precious it is to be alive... Sunday Times The best novel he's written since The Butterfly Lion. Times Deserved to last as an insight into the First World War in the same way as, say, The Silver Sword or Goodnight Mr Tom. Telegraph A poignant, elegiac novel. Daily Mail