Unshelved Week: The Foreshadowing
October 22nd, 2007 by Laura Moncur in LiteratureThis week, we are going to look at the books recommended by Unshelved comic strip. A comic strip about libraries that focuses on a book recommendation once a week is an excellent read for quotation and literature lovers, so I’ve been collecting the Book Club Editions of the comic and I’m bringing them to you this week.
Today, we look at The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick:
The plot is a historical supernatural thriller:
Seventeen-year-old Alexandra has foreseen the death of others since she was a child, but no one believes her or wants to talk about her uncanny ability. As World War I breaks out, she is tormented by almost daily visions, nightmares, and premonitions, yet she strives to become a nurse, despite her father’s objections. Alexandra’s brothers both end up on the front lines. Having foreseen the death of Edgar before the telegram arrives, the teen makes plans to escape her confined life in Brighton and make her way to France to try to find and save her other brother, Tom.
Unshelved described it as Sixth Sense meet A Farewell to Arms. Sounds like a great book for Halloween reading!