The Foreshadowing
Marcus Sedgwick(Author)
Anna Maxwell Martin(Speaker)
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Published on 4. May 2006
Audio
CD-Audio
978-0-7528-7501-9 (ISBN)
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Description
It is 1915. 17-year-old Sasha Fox is the privileged only daughter of a respected doctor living in Brighton. But her brothers, Edgar and Tom, have gone to war and Sasha has a terrible gift. She can see the future. Her premonitions show her untold horrors on the battlefields of the Somme. Corpse worms crawling over the faces of soldiers soon to die, and worse still, what will happen to Edgar and Tom. Like the prophetess Cassandra, Sasha is trapped by power. No one will believe her. She feels stifled by her over-protective mother and restrictive father. Her family have lost faith in her. She is determined to win them back, whatever the price. And it is a high one - for who wants to see the end of their own story...? But Alexandra is a heroine resourceful enough to try to change the path of Fate.
Reviews / Votes
?Anna Maxwell Martin ? here makes her audiobook debut. She is a refreshing choice, able ? unlike some readers ? to inhabit the young girl?s character without sounding artificial. As Sasha her voice is furrowed and grave, yet she can also suggest the snip-snapping military certainty of Sasha?s father. In a complex novel that shuffles scenes and tenses, she is a sure pathfinder. For sophisticated older children who can bear a little catharsis.? -- Carole Mansur TELEGRAPHMore details
Edition
Abridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Target group
Children/juvenile
Edition type
Abridged edition
Duration
Dauer: 180 min
ISBN-13
978-0-7528-7501-9 (9780752875019)
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Marcus Sedgwick
The Foreshadowing
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07/2010
Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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Persons
Marcus Sedgwick works in children's publishing and before that he was a bookseller. His books have been shortlisted for many awards, including The Guardian Children's Fiction Award, the Blue Peter Book Award, the Carnegie Medal and the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Marcus lives in Sussex and has a young daughter, Alice.