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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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The Foreshadowing Review

Kym McNabney

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazingly Written Book!
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2009

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It was my first read by this author, and he blew me away with his writing as well as the story. My twelve-year-old daughter begged me to read it, and once I started I quickly realized I wasn’t going to regret it.

This book was not just well written but also a great story that will keep you turning the pages. I wasn’t quite sure how old Jack was but would have loved to see him and Alexandra end up together. What an amazing story, one that will leave you pondering, and all fuzzy inside. Definitely one I’ll never forget.

Carol Riggs

4.0 out of 5 stars Psychic historical novel
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2018

Very interesting—a psychic-flavored historical novel! It’s 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 main character is pining away for some hot guy. Sasha wanted to help with the war, be loyal to her family, and become a nurse. Despite a somewhat slow pace in parts, it was a very different and enjoyable read.

About Marcus Sedgwick Author Of The Foreshadowing pdf Book

MARCUS SEDGWICK Author Of The Foreshadowing pdf Book was born and raised in East Kent in the south-east of England. He now lives in the French Alps.

He is the winner of many prizes, most notably the 2014 Michael L. Printz Award for his novel Midwinterblood. Marcus has also received two Printz Honors, for Revolver in 2011 and The Ghosts of Heaven in 2016, giving him the most citations to date for America’s most prestigious book prize for writing for young adults. Other notable award winning books include Floodland, Marcus’ first novel, which won the Branford-Boase Award in 2001, a prize for the best debut novel for children published in the UK each year; My Swordhand is Singing, which won the Booktrust Teenage Prize for 2007, and Lunatics and Luck, part of The Raven Mysteries series, which won a Blue Peter Book Award in 2011.

His books have been shortlisted for over forty other awards, including the Carnegie Medal (seven times), the Edgar Allan Poe Award (twice) and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (four times). He has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award three times, in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Marcus was Writer in Residence at Bath Spa University for three years, reviews for The Guardian newspaper and teaches creative writing at Arvon and Ty Newydd. He has judged numerous books awards, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the Costa Book Awards. He has illustrated some of his books, and has provided wood-engravings for a couple of private press books.