November’s display is on War and Peace, these books are all available in the library (although some of them have different covers).
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The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick – Book of the Week
I have chosen this week’s Book of the Week from our War & Peace display in the library. The Foreshadowing is one of my favourite novels set in World War One, about a girl who has premonitions at the worst possible time to be able to see the future.
It is 1915. Seventeen-year-old Sasha Fox lives a privileged life, but her brothers, Edgar and Tom, cannot avoid the war, and Sasha has a terrible gift. She can see the future, and worst of all what will happen to Edgar and Tom.
Like the prophetess Cassandra, who witnessed a different war on the plains of Troy, Sasha is trapped by her tragic power – for who wants to see the end of their own story…?
War Girls by various authors, review by ND
War Girls is a thrilling collection of short stories from the First World War, told through the eyes of young women. The blurb says:
1914: war has broken out across Europe and beyond. Nothing will ever be the same again for those caught up in the conflict.
This collection of short stories explores how the First World Warchanged and shaped the lives of women for ever. A courageous nurse risks her life at the Front Line; a young woman discovers independence and intrigue in wartime London’ and a grief-stricken widow defends her homeland amidst the destruction of war.
Through these and other tales, some of today’s leading writers for young people present moving portraits of loss and grief, and of hope overcoming terrible odds.
There are stories in this collection by Mary Hooper, Adele Geras, Berlie Doherty, Theresa Breslin and many other well known authors.
Eleven Eleven by Paul Dowswell, review by MG
Eleven Eleven is an exciting, action novel about a group of soldiers at the end of the First World War. The blurb says:
The Western Front. 11th November 1918. 8.00 a.m.
British High command has issued an order. At 11 a.m the war will end. All attacks are to be called off.
Will Franklin is one of a group of soldiers on a mission to check for German combatants deep in the forest. No one has told them that the war is over.
A few months ago, Will was at school. Now he’s about to face the most terrifying ordeal of his life as three worlds collide and three soldiers fight for survival in the final hours of World War One.
Poppy by Mary Hooper
Today’s featured book charts the social changes that happened during the Great War – particularly the changes in the lives of women. Poppy is also about first love and learning to be true to yourself…
England, December 1914.
Poppy is young, beautiful and clever – and working as a parlourmaid in the de Vere family’s country house. Society, it seems, has already carved out her destiny.
But Poppy’s life is about to be thrown dramatically off course. The first reason is love – with someone forbidden, who could never, ever marry a girl like her. The second reason is war.
As the lists of the dead and wounded grow longer, Poppy must do whatever she can to help the injured soldiers, knowing all the while that her own soldier may never return home…
If you enjoy Poppy, we have most of Mary Hooper’s other novels in the library.
Over the Line by Tom Palmer
Today’s featured book is Tom Palmer’s Over the Line – a powerful book about a young footballer in the trenches during World War One.
The blurb says:
It’s the proudest moment of Jack’s life – his debut as a professional footballer. Now he has a chance to achieve his dream of playing for his country.
But it’s 1914 and the world is at war. Talk of sportsmen’s cowardice leads to the formation of a Footballers’ Battalion and Jack has little choice but to join up. The promise of a Cup in Flanders offers a glimmer of hope, but Jack and his team-mates will have to survive a waking nightmare if they are ever to play again.
Over the Line is based on the true stories about Pals’ and Sporting Battalions, just like The Scarf, and can currently be found in the library’s Remembrance display.