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. Her premonitions show her the brutal horrors on the battlefields of the Somme, and the faces of the soldiers who will die. But working in the hospital confirms what Sasha has suspected–she can see when someone is going to die. But as the war begins and the hospitals fill with young soldiers, she gets a chance to help. 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. 17 year old Sasha is a well-to-do, sheltered-English girl. It is 1915 and the First World War has only just begun. You can read this before The Foreshadowing PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book The Foreshadowing written by Marcus Sedgwick which was published in 2005–. As with all his novels, the story is that of a world full of threat and a child in jeopardy- but Alexandra is a heroine resourceful enough to try to change the path of Fate.Brief Summary of Book: The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick And it is a high one - seeing the future is a fate almost too awful to contemplate - for who wants to see the end of their own story.? Stylishly written in his familiar, poetic prose Marcus's novel is set in the First World War. She is determined to win them back, whatever the price. She feels stifled by her over-protective mother and restrictive father. Like the prophetess Cassandra, who so many centuries before foretold the tragedies of Troy, Sasha is trapped by power. Corpse worms crawling over the faces of soldiers soon to die, and worse still, what will happen to Edgar and Tom. 17 year old Sasha Fox is the only daughter of a doctor living in the seaside town of Brighton. Her premonitions show her untold horrors on the battlefields of the Somme. But her brothers, Edgar and Tom, have gone to war and Sasha has a terrible gift. Marcus began to write seriously in 1994, and his first book, Floodland, was published by Orion in 2000, and won the Branford-Boase award for best debut childrens novel. 17 year old Sasha Fox is the privileged only daughter of a respected doctor living in the wealthy seaside town of Brighton. One of the World Book Day 2015 Authors Marcus was our Guest Editor in July 2010.
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