Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo AUDIO CD JF MOR and J MOR—After his older brother Charlie has been forced into service in WWI, fourteen-year-old Tommo decides to join, as well. As if daily life in the trenches of war isn’t horrific enough, Tommo fears for the next morning, when his life will change forever: Charlie has been court marshaled and will face his fate at daybreak. An author’s note at book’s end explains court marshals and the use of firing squads during WWI. This is a moving account of both the bond of brotherhood and the extreme horrors of war.
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