Private Peaceful / Michael Morpurgo. - 1st American ed. Hardcover - New York : Scholastic Press, 2004, c2003. - 202 p. ; 22 cm.

Wilson's Senior High School, December 2005 Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005 School Library Journal starred, November 2004 Book Links (A.L.A.), November 2004 Booklist starred, October 2004 Library Media Connection starred, November 2004 Horn Book Starred, April 2005 Pub Weekly, December 2004 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2004 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2004

When Thomas Peaceful's older brother is forced to join the British Army, Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fourteen years old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself.

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Single-parent families--Fiction.
Poverty--Fiction.
Soldiers--Fiction.
Mentally handicapped--England--Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--England--Fiction.




Historical Fiction

PZ7.M82712 / Pr 2004

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