Marcus Sedgwick
Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.8 | 1947 Users | 239 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Foreshadowing |
| ISBN: | 0385746466 (ISBN13: 9780385746465) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | England |
| Literary Awards: | Manchester Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2007), North East Teenage Book Award (2006), ALA Best Books for Young Adults (2007), Booktrust Teenage Prize Shortlist (2006) |
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It is 1915 and the First World War has only just begun.17-year-old Sasha is a well-to-do, sheltered English girl. Just as her brother Thomas longs to be a doctor, she wants to nurse, yet girls of her class don't do that kind of work. But as the war begins and the hospitals fill with young soldiers, she gets a chance to help. But working in the hospital confirms what Sasha has suspected—she can see when someone is going to die. Her premonitions show her the brutal horrors on the battlefields of the Somme, and the faces of the soldiers who will die. And one of them is her brother Thomas.
Pretending to be a real nurse, Sasha goes behind the front lines searching for Thomas, risking her own life as she races to find him, and somehow prevent his death.
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| Title | : | The Foreshadowing |
| Author | : | Marcus Sedgwick |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | May 23rd 2006 by Wendy Lamb Books (first published 2005) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fantasy. Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.8 From 1947 Users | 239 ReviewsWrite-Up Regarding Books The Foreshadowing
I got into this book not really knowing what to expect, because of how Marcus Sedgwick storytelling is described as unique and quite different than usual.I did like the story, it was very pleasing and had very good points in its favor. First of all, the fact that this historical fiction is presented to you in short and not too descriptive chapters, is just heavenly. The short chapters compensate really well the heaviness of the subject of the story and made it very easy to consume without itVery interestinga psychic-flavored historical novel! Its set during World War I. The main character, Sasha, can predict when someone will die, which is interesting, and I liked her dilemma of whether those fates were set in stone versus being changeable. There were war details that really made me feel the horror of the fighting and blood and devastating casualties. I really liked the twist at the end. It was also refreshing to read a YA book that did NOT have a syrupy romance going on where the
Novels about war (even ones for younger readers) are not my usual choice as more often than not they leave me feeling really sad. This one I found sad but because of Sasha's terrible and tragic power I also found it to be captivating.
While staying away from the direct action of the Great War, the book kept me involved and interested throughout. SPOILER ALERT; The twist in the end took me completely by surprise, but didn't come completely out of left field(it could have been predicted). It turns out that the bullet that Alexandra saw shoot Tom came from a gun that she fires. She knew that even if she could convince him to leave the front lines, that he would be killed for desertion. He rationale was that if he were wounded,
Reallllllyyyy reallllllly liked this one
If you ever think that you cant start another book because the last one was so good, pick up a YA novel by Marcus Sedgwick. Wow! He does YA supernatural better than anyone Ive read. There are no fairies or literal secret doors. Instead there are normal people trying to negotiate lives that are a little bigger than ours. I like to believe that the world is more than what can be measured and touched.So, read one of his YA novels. Any one. Youll love them.Warnings:Drugs: noSex : noR&R: visions,
M. Sedgwick's setting is war and he was able to steep enough "shadow" into this book that I actually felt a little scared to turn the page. It was a dark book, not in the traditional "evil" since, but in the foreboding that filled every chapter. I did not know that Sasha was going to do what she did - it actually really suprised me - but throughout the entire book I had a dark feeling of hanging on edge, and dread - wongness. It was as if I knew, just as Sasha knew, that something bad was going
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