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|title=Private Peaceful
|author=Michael Morpurgo
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|pages=192
|publisher=Harper Collins Children's Books
|date=August 2, 2004
|isbn=0007150075
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It is always good to know the motivation for the writing of a book, don't you think? Are there ever events or stories told by others which touch you so deeply that you think you'd like to explore them further, in your own mind, in your own words? Perhaps then, you would be able to understand them better. Perhaps then, you would be able to think through how you feel about them. In Private Peaceful, Michael Morpugo has written a book inspired by the stories of those men in the awful trenches of the First World War. And it feels as much as though he's trying to explain them to himself as he is trying to explain them to us.
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{{amazontext|amazon=0007150075}} {{waterstonestextamazonUStext|waterstonesamazon=52218920007150075}} '''Reviews of other books by Michael Morpurgo''' [[Beowulf]] [[Billy the Kid]]
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|name=lynelle_44
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|comment= Honestly I loved this book it was amazing and interesting its counted as one of my favorites. I chose this book for an English class for my senior year in High School at Gallup High School in Gallup, New Mexico. And I am still doing research on this book for my book report which is worth half of my grade. But just my comments I love it.. its an inspiration and gives a good outlook on what the meaning of family really is.
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|comment= The way I rad it, Tommo is sitting in a barn, alone,reflecting on his life,unwilling to sleep. The reasons for the location and his determination to remain awake throughout the night only become apparentat the end of the book. Morpurgo succeeds in keeping us wondering throughout the book.
Both of my grandfathers fought in WW1, one at Ypres and the other in the Somme. My mother's father had trench foot and my father's father joined The Black Watch - also lieing about his age -16. He was wounded in the side by a bayonett. Like Charlie, he was sent back to the trenches on recovery.
The whole family has enjoyed this book - from ages 12 to 85!
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|name=Jill
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|comment= Thank you for such a lovely comment!
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|name=claph
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|comment= best book ever
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|name=laughing-lil
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|comment= This is a fantastic book and definetely worth reading. i give this book 10 out of 10, but if your for happy books this book is not for you!
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|name=jammy2006
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|comment= i love this book me nd my class read it and did an essay on it
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|name=crzy sox
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|comment= i chose this book to read for an assignment in history class and i'm glad i
did. following the story of Tommo's life, feeling the love, the hate, the
pain, the joy. it all felt so real. i loved it. it was an inspirational
novel and it was very interesting but at the same time very easy to follow.
Michael Morpurgo, you've done an amazing job.
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|name=jay s.b.
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|comment= the book is absolutely amazing, i read it in my english lesson's and it is fabulous
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|name=Graham Kent
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|comment= I love this book because it appeals to so many people, I read it for an English essay and I just fell in love with it and read it again. this bit on the front really sums it up. I love that it is truthful and tell the war for what it really was.
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