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• They've gone now, and I'm alone at last. I have the whole night ahead of me, and I won't waste a single moment of it . . . I want tonight to be long, as long as my life . . ." For young Private Peaceful, looking back over his childhood while he is on night watch in the battlefields of the First World War, his memories are full of family life deep in the countryside: his mother, Charlie, Big Joe, and Molly -- the love of his life. Too young to be enlisted, Thomas has followed his brother to war and now, every moment he spends thinking about his life, means another moment closer to danger.

  5.00 out of 5

  MissBoyer3

• Two brothers serve in the army during WWI, but only one returns home to the family that they both love. The tragedy is that the brother who doesn’t return home is killed not on the battle field, but by firing squad.The novel is formed via foreshadowing. It begins with Tommo telling the story of the Peaceful boys in their formative years as the clock ticks away towards the time when Charlie is to be executed. The first chapter title is “five past ten” and the last “one minute to six”; six o’clock being the time of Charlie’s death. The text is engrossing and sure to be enjoyed by boys in particular. The book is appropriate for high school students.

  5.00 out of 5

  iecj

• Fantastic, makes you cry though! A book everyone should read. Goes down well with reading groups. Met author in 2004, lovely man, great speaker.

  5.00 out of 5

  vickyf

• This is an amazing book...it starts off gently as Tommo, the main character, looks back over his life. The relationship between Tommo and his brother Charlie is the main focus of the story; Charlie always looks after Tommo and helps him over and over again.When the pair go to Belgium to fight at Ypres during the first World War, the reader can see the horrifying nature of war and just what the fifteen year old Tommo went through.Be prepared for the powerful ending and the wealth of emotions it will drag out of you!

  5.00 out of 5

  lostinabook3

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