Private Peaceful
School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9
No. of pages 208
Published: 2016
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book features in the following series: After Words, Collins, Collins Drama, Thorndike Literacy Bridge, Thorndike Literacy Bridge Young Adult .
This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.
There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published in 2016 by HarperCollins Publishers .
Michael Morpurgo has brought together poems by writers as diverse as Spike Milligan and Stevie Smith, John Lennon and Jo Shapcott.
War Stories
Blue Peter Awards
Stories: Michael Morpurgo
Red House Award
World War 1
Whitbread Children's Book Award: 1971-2005
Siblings in literature
Military And War in literature
Love And Romance in literature
Animals in literature
Dogs in literature
Parents in literature
Emotions And Feelings in literature
Friendship in literature
Adventures in literature
Carnegie Award
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This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Isinglass Teen Read Award
This book was recognised by the Isinglass Teen Read Award.
California Young Reader Medal - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the California Young Reader Medal.
Whitbread Book Award
This book was recognised by the Whitbread Book Award.
Blue Peter Book Award - Book I Couldn'T Put Down Prize
This book was recognised in the Book i Couldn'T Put down Prize category by the Blue Peter Book Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.
LA Times Book Award - Fiction - YA
This book was recognised in the Fiction - YA category by the La Times Book Award.
Blue Peter Book Award - Book Of the Year
This book was recognised by the Blue Peter Book Of the Year Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.
Tayshas Reading
This book was recognised by the Tayshas Reading.
Carnegie Medal
This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.
This book features the following characters:
General Kitchener
This book features the character General Kitchener.
Jutland Jack
This book features the character Jutland Jack.
Wilfred Owen
This book features the character Wilfred Owen.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This book features the character Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
"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
