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The Foreshadowing

Marcus Sedgwick (2005)

SubgenreDark Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age14
Goodreads3.8

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Hero archetypes

Soldier

Synopsis

Having always been able to know when someone is going to die, Alexandra poses as a nurse to go to France during World War I to locate her brother and to try to save him from the fate she has foreseen for him.

Is The Foreshadowing appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 14 and up.

This WWI-set dark fantasy contains wartime violence, death, and grief as a psychic teen searches for her brother on the battlefield. While not graphically detailed, the war setting includes battle scenes and dying soldiers.

What to know going in

This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, death of a loved one, mass death, and grief (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Teens will be gripped by Alexandra's desperate race against fate to save her brother from a death she's already foreseen.

Tags

Historical FantasyParanormalPsychic Abilities