11/23/2023 0 Comments Wacky packages stickersRavinder Willson, London and South East YLG rep A very powerful yet easily readable account of this time in history’ Very beautifully written and pulled on my heartstrings. Linda Saunders, Children’s and Young People’s Librarian ‘…moving, incredibly well informed and a fascinating exploration of the different way in which people respond to war.’ Tara Stephenson of Waterstone’s, The Bookseller ‘The most moving and thought-provoking novel for older readers that I have encountered for some time’ This is a novel that will stay with me for a long time’ ![]() ‘An astonishing portrayal of five young lives during the frightening days of the First World War… not an easy novel to read because it feels so incredibly real, but somehow Breslin’s light touch and beautiful prose give the harrowing sights and sounds of the war a much more human feel. ‘The exploration of love and coming to terms with the adult world is explored in Theresa Breslin’s romantic historical novel, Remembrance.’ This isn’t a cosy curl-up kind of a novel – it’s a full-on shake-up, a ringing exhortation to care.’ ‘Remembrance is… literary, and… multifaceted…It’s an approach that weaves class distinction, illiteracy, female emancipation and complex issues of war with dexterity. ![]() ‘I have no hesitation in recommending this beautifully written and well crafted book which is pervaded by an overwhelming sense of sorrow and loss, but a book that will capture and spellbind mature readers’ ‘Meticulously researched and beautifully written… Breslin constantly challenges her readers to consider every aspect of war in a moving and epic story’ Valerie Coghlan, Children’s Books Ireland ‘…a brave and ambitious novel… What Eric von Remarque, Pat Barker and Sebastian Faulkes among others have described for adults, Theresa Breslin describes for younger readers… Breslin has succeeded magnificently in offering her readers a taste of a war supposedly fought to end all wars.’ ![]() ‘A well-written and thought-provoking book for young adults’ ‘this book provides a moving and well-researched chronicle of the lives of ordinary young people of the time caught up in the remorseless war machine, a chronicle which brings the whole period to vivid life for the young people of today’ The cover is very striking…This is an important novel which will help to ensure that we shall continue to remember’ ‘an epic novel which retells a very familiar story, but through fresh eyes for a new generation. Breslin has definite points to make about the nature of war but she never turns what is an involving and moving story into a polemic.’ ‘Considerable research went into the writing of this novel but at no cost to the characterisation and plotting. ‘The novel is harrowingly pertinent in detailing the grief for those left behind, which Breslin describes with poignant delicacy’
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