Imagine you can see people's deaths in advance. You know that when you dream their deaths or see something in their eyes, that they are not long for this world. No one believes you when you tell them you can do this. You feel afraid and misunderstood. You live in England in the midst of World War I. Your eldest brother is at war. You dream his death and it happens. Now your other brother is at war too. You dream his death as well. But this time, you think you have to try to stop it. But how can a young girl stop what is destined to happen on a battlefield? And is it possible to change the future you have already foretold? Find out in "The Foreshadowing" by Marcus Sedgwick. (

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ohioyalibrarian | Feb 18, 2009 |

Kearsten says: Interesting - I liked the glimpse into what been a nurse (or doctor) in wartime is like, though I was not thrilled all the way through… (

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59Square | Feb 17, 2009 |

Interesting - I liked the glimpse into what been a nurse (or doctor) in wartime is like, though I was not thrilled all the way through… (

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kayceel | Feb 12, 2009 |

Yet again I am impressed with Sedgwick’s writing, impeccable research that always informs the plot and yet never controls it, the result really does portray the atmosphere, horror and futility of wartime.

There’s a review on the cover from Publishing News that calls the book:

Devastatingly Good.

And I have to agree, this book will not leave you unaffected when you reach its satisfying conclusion.

Read my full review at:

http://www.bartsbookshelf.co.uk/2008/... (

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bart154ce | Oct 12, 2008 |

Again Marcus Sedgwick shows he is a master at creating a good setting. I have read a fair amount of WW1-based literature (especially poetry: Sassoon, Owen, Brooke), but found this depiction of the horrors of the trenches, and the futility of it all the most moving of all.

Otherwise, it is a good read, and difficult to put down. Again, as this is a young adult book it seems a little brief for me, and I feel he has ideas and characters (especially secondary characters) which could be developed that bit further. But I am impressed that he doesn't 'dumb' things down for his audience by trying to paint the war in a brighter light. (

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FrogPrincessuk | Sep 18, 2008 |

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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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