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charlie did not deserve the ending he got although it was beatiful and he felt no shame and got to end things so well with tommo he should have got to make it home to his family tommo although nearly dying many times was luck enough to get to see charlie on his last day and find a sense of clarity with his brother they went through life together and should have had the justice to die or live together

i’ve finished the book in almost tears

charlie did not deserve that and for his sake i want tommy to make it home to his family and keep his promise but for tommys sake i want him to pass peacefully and not have to live with the survivors guilt he will have for his brothers death. neither brother deserved what they got and although it was a beautiful end they deserved to die or live together not be separated

Slow start. Very slow. Getting into it now.

i really like it
i think thomas likes molly and they may have had a relationship
i have a bad feeling charlie may be dead as he keeps being referred to in last tense
i hope thomas comes to terms with his fathers death
i think he’s at war in the trenches recalling he childhood to block out the war around him

Wtf the Colonel killed the dog, so not cool. I was really worried that big joe had died too, but he was just in the church tower lol.

Okay so far I love the family, especially big Joe and Charlie, there's a really good vibe about how they look out for each other.

Poor dude needs to let go of his 'secret' that he witnessed his dad's death.

Was worried Molly was gonna die to scarlet fever but she survived!

I do not like the Colonel nor the Wolf grandma lol.

"The [German solider] keeps praying out loud. I'm quite sure he's praying now. "Du lieber Gott," I hear. They call God by the same name."

"I'll shoot a rat because it might bite me. I'll shot a rabbit because I can eat it. Why would I ever want to shoot a German? Never even met a German."

Read this for some of my sub classes. I remember reading it for my junior cert, brilliant historical/children’s fiction.

I am so looking forward to finishing this book. I think the children are really loving it too

🫣I skipped 2 parts, but thankfully BBC Bitesize has the audio version. Really surprised how much I’m enjoying this even though I dislike Morpurgo’s style.

Reading this with my Year 6 class and it’s funnyyyy with the adolescence 🤣 I dislike Michael Morpurgo but this book is doing alright so far

ignore this it’s for school guys

A book that needs to be read for planning English but I’m enjoying. 👌🏻 Quickly getting it read so I can read ACOFAS🤣

Reading with yr 9 :-)

Good so far like

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ITS GOOD

It’s really good

death would be kind to me.

R.i.p. Bertha 😔 Waarom denk Tommo dat Molly hem wil!? Ze is letterlijk samen met zijn broer! 😯

This phrasing really pulled on my heartstrings: “hoping against hope”. Just brilliant!

Re-read because I just really want some spicy Deja vu apparently

I hate teaching this book and i'll be damned if i can't log it as a book i have to read once again.

Good

I already want to cry 😭
It's so sad 😭😭😭😭😭

Ok, but seriously why is this so good so far?

Love

i freaking hate this and im glad im never finishing it i hope

Oh my days this was amazing. Cried my eyes out so bad I couldn’t breathe and I hated how it ended but it was amazing nonetheless