Private Peaceful (25/5/09)

This week in our Holiday Online Exclusive I am presenting Private Peaceful. This week there will be two posts, this one and another one coming later in the week (probably Friday). They are related.

So this book fills the criteria for Book Of The Week perfectly as people enjoy reading it and it also helps them with school work as it is studied in year 7/8 (I did it in year 8 but I think it is year 7 now). every year someone presents this so I thought I would post it today

"Tommo" Peaceful is recalling his childhood from those terrible battlefields. He remembers his big brother Charlie taking him to his first day of school, the death of his father, his mum working hard to keep a roof over their heads and food on their table. He remembers his brother Joe, who some called simple, but who to Tommo was very special. He also recalls the only girl in his life, Molly, and how Charlie somehow took her away from him. But as the World turned to War, he had to grow up fast. Together Charlie and Tommo enlist and are sent to France, almost immediately, to what could only be described as pure hell on Earth. Bullets, bombs, death. Shells, noise, dirt. Disease, rats, stench. Charlie and Tommo fight for their lives and to stay together--facing certain death in the face every time they try to advance the British lines.

A great story and I urge you to read it if you haven't yet . You will probably read it in class anyway.

Buy this book Here

Keep checking for updated as there is a new post coming later this week