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July 10, 2005 1:23 pm

a review

Private Peaceful

by Michael Murpurgo

Historical | 202pgs.

Private Thomas Peaceful is spending the night alone in a barn during World War I, trying to survive, and waiting for something. To keep awake, he recounts his childhood growing up with his older brother Charlie and their friend Molly, and the circumstances that lead to them joining the war, as well as what they have seen and experienced since.

Written so it seems as if Tommo is talking both to himself and to the reader, the simple story draws one in, entangling you in the characters and their lives, keeping you reading untill the surprising end. Touching and meaningful, not a book that will soon be forgoten.

my rating: 5 | amazon.com rating: 4.5

~ariasloft

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ABOUT ME: I am Aria, age 17, avid reader. I read pretty much anything, and the reviews here will be mostly young adult leval fiction, although occasionally there will be nonfiction or something with a slightly different reading leval. For more about me, visit my (other) blog

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Cobwebs
Fire Logic
Paper Mage
Snow-Walker
Tales of the Otori: Across the Nightengale Floor
Taml Lin
The Wings of a Falcon
Trickster's Queen
Valiant
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Dragon's Gate
Eyes of the Emporer
Paper Mage
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Wintering

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