# Books like Private Peaceful

**10** books similar to *Private Peaceful* by Michael Morpurgo (Historical Fiction · grades 9–12), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** world war, 1914-1918, single-parent families, people with mental disabilities, poverty
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## Similar books

- [All We Have Left](https://readinglist.school/book/all-we-have-left) by Wendy Mills _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Salt to the Sea](https://readinglist.school/book/salt-to-the-sea) by Ruta Sepetys _(560L · Grades 8–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (8–12).
- [The Fountains of Silence](https://readinglist.school/book/the-fountains-of-silence) by Ruta Sepetys _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Torch](https://readinglist.school/book/torch) by Lyn Miller-Lachmann _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [A Farewell to Arms](https://readinglist.school/book/a-farewell-to-arms) by Ernest Hemingway _(Grades 11–12)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction) and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [A Tale of Two Cities](https://readinglist.school/book/a-tale-of-two-cities) by Charles Dickens _(1170L · Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction) and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [A Tree Grows in Brooklyn](https://readinglist.school/book/a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn) by Betty Smith _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of poverty and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Antony and Cleopatra](https://readinglist.school/book/antony-and-cleopatra) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 9–10)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction) and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [Billy Budd](https://readinglist.school/book/billy-budd) by Herman Melville _(Grades 11–12)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction) and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Black Boy](https://readinglist.school/book/black-boy) by Richard Wright _(950L · Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of poverty and overlapping grades (9–12).

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