Private Peaceful Award-winning by Michael Morpurgo (author) (UK edition)

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…

As young Private ‘Tommo’ Peaceful reflects upon his childhood from the blazing battlefields of the First World War, his memories are full of his old life in the countryside. But the clock is ticking. Every moment Tommo spends remembering the past brings him one moment closer to morning, when his life will change in the most shocking and heartbreaking way… In this impassioned novel, Michael Morpurgo explores the legacy of violence, and the appalling fate of the soldiers shot for cowardice during the Great War. One of the most striking novels of recent years, and now a major film, this intense and heartfelt reflection on war casts an unshakeable spell.

“Full of warmth as well as grief, conveying vividly how precious it is to be alive.” Sunday Times

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