Private Peaceful, is a book written by Michael Morpurgo, a past Children’s Laureate. It is the story of a soldier called Thomas Peaceful who has gone away to fight in the First World War and spends one night remembering his childhood in the English countryside, his battles with Grandma Wolf, the Colonel and Sergeant Hanley, all with the help of his two older brothers, Big Joe and Charlie, and their beautiful friend Molly. But something is about to happen that will change Thomas’s life and so he doesn’t want morning to come. Join Thomas as he remembers his adventures in the countryside, and those he loves as he sits alone on a battlefield.
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