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Book Report On Remembrance By Theresa Breslin

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Grace Vacval Mr. Diitmar American History Book Report December 18 2014 The book, Remembrance, written by Theresa Breslin, took place at a small village in Scotland in the summer of 1915. The Great War covered three continents and lasted for a total of four years. A total of 147,609 Scots lost their lives in this 4-year-long conflict. Working men had to leave their friends and family behind so that they can head off to the front. In France, Scots ended up encountering the horrors of trench warfare, the threat of disease, and the risk of death caused by the Generals. Scot soldiers fought at the battle of Loos which was the first significant British land action of the war in October of 1915. This battle turned out to be a disaster due to the …show more content…

He soon discovers that he has to become a young soldier and go off to fight in the War as well. He believes that he should not get involved in the war since the sound and sight of war frightens him. Francis is always carrying a sketchbook and pencil in his hand throughout certain parts of the book since he loves to draw and sketch pictures. John Malcolm's older sister, Maggie, becomes attached to Francis as he goes off to fight in the war. Maggies other younger brother is Alex. He, as well, ends up having to fight in the war. In the book, a law was made that all men ranging in a certain age group had to enlist in the war. This majorly changes the lives of these five individuals. At the beginning of the story, these two families become very close to each other in many ways. They plan a picnic on the beach, just the children, and this draws them very close to eachother. Maggie and John Malcolm are twins. John and Charlotte start to have interest in each other after the day at the picnic. Maggie becomes jealous of this due to the fact that John is her twin brother and they are very close as well. Francis and Maggie interact and socialize during the picnic, but not the way John and Charlotte …show more content…

This includes Alex Malcolm, John Malcolm, and Francis Armstrong-Barnes. This puts a toll on Charlotte. It was very hard for her to be aware that John will be risking his life while in the war, but at the same time, she knows he is doing it for the right thing. While the boys go off to war in France, Charlotte and Maggie decide to go to France as well to work at a huge hospital there. More nurses are highly needed there so Charlotte wants to go there to help and treat the soldiers. She has her nursing certificate to take with her, but the only problem is that she is too young so she comes up with a devious plan to print over her birth date. Maggie asks Charlotte if she could come with, and of course Charlotte was willing for her to. This drew these two girls very close. They became great friends, and almost like

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