Private Peaceful Av Morpurgo Michael

<p>The Peaceful brothers, Tommo and Charlie, have a tough rural childhood facing the death of their father, financial hardship and a cruel landlord. Their fierce loyalty to each other pulls them through, until one day they both fall for the same girl. And then the Great War comes.</p><p>It tells the story of a country lad fighting a war he doesn''t understand for people he cannot respect. We join 18-year-old Private Tommo Peaceful in the trenches as he tells us a story of courage, devotion and sibling rivalry on what may be his last night on earth.</p><p><em>Private Peaceful</em> was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, won the Red House Children''s Book Award and the Blue Peter Book Award and is acknowledged by Michael Morpurgo (<em>War Horse</em>, <em>The Butterfly Lion</em>) to be his favourite work. This new, small ensemble version by Simon Reade was commissioned by Nottingham Playhouse.</p>