The Penguin Podcast is back! Listen Now
Remembrance

Remembrance

Summary

Scotland, 1915. A group of teenagers from two families meet for a picnic, but the war across the Channel is soon to tear them away from such youthful pleasures. All too soon, the horror of what is to become known as The Great War engulfs them, their friends and the whole village. From the horror of the trenches, to the devastating reality seen daily by those nursing the wounded, they struggle to survive - and nothing will ever be the same again.

A powerful and engrossing novel about love and war, from Carnegie Medal-winning author Theresa Breslin.

Reviews

  • An immensely readable, passionately written epic, with an involving, fast-moving plot constantly challenging readers' assumptions
    Guardian

About the author

Theresa Breslin

THERESA BRESLIN is the Carnegie Medal-winning author of over thirty books for children & young adults, whose work has appeared on stage, radio and TV. Her books are hugely popular with young people, librarians and teachers. Remembrance, her YA novel about young people in WW1, was a bestseller, and Whispers in the Graveyard won the Carnegie Medal. The Dream Master was shortlisted for the Children's Book Award, and Divided City was shortlisted for ten book awards, winning two outright.
Learn More

Sign up to the Penguin Newsletter

For the latest books, recommendations, author interviews and more