by Marcus Sedgwick · Orion Childrens · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781842555170
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«The Foreshadowing» is the historical fantasy novel by Marcus Sedgwick, published by Orion Childrens in paperback (288 pages, in English).
In 1915, Sasha Fox, a seventeen-year-old girl from Brighton, sees in dreams the deaths of soldiers on the Somme front; when her brothers Edgar and Tom leave for war, her visions show her a tragic fate, and determined to prevent Tom's death, Sasha poses as a nurse and crosses the French lines to find him.
«The Foreshadowing» was published on May 4, 2006, and won the North East Teenage Book Award, as well as being a finalist for the Booktrust Teenage Prize.
Aimed at young readers aged twelve and up, it combines historical fiction about World War I with fantastical elements.
Marcus Sedgwick was a British writer and illustrator. He authored several young adult and children's books and picture books, a work of nonfiction and several novels for adults, and illustrated a collection of myths and a book of folk tales for adults. According to School Library Journal his "most acclaimed titles" were those for young adults.
