by Marcus Sedgwick (Author)
It is 1915. 17 year old Sasha Fox is the privileged only daughter of a respected doctor living in the wealthy seaside town of 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, and worse still, what will happen to Edgar and Tom. Like the prophetess Cassandra, who foretold the tragedies of Troy, Sasha is trapped by power. No one will believe her. Her family have lost faith in her. She is determined to win them back, whatever the price. 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 the story is that of a world full of threat and a child in jeopardy - but with a heroine resourceful enough to try to change the path of Fate.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Published: 04 May 2006
ISBN 10: 1842555170
ISBN 13: 9781842555170
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Book Overview: Set against the backdrop of World War I, an accomplished novel about a girl with a tragic gift - Sasha can see the future - but can she use her power to save her brothers and change their destiny?