Tamar
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2007.
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: 424 pages ; 23 cm
From acclaimed British sensation Mal Peet comes a masterful story of adventure, love, secrets, and betrayal in time of war, both past and present.
When her grandfather dies, Tamar inherits a box containing a series of clues and coded messages. Out of the past, another Tamar emerges, a man involved in the terrifying world of resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Holland half a century before. His story is one of passionate love, jealousy, and tragedy set against the daily fear and casual horror of the Second World War -- and unraveling it is about to transform Tamar's life forever.
When her grandfather dies, Tamar inherits a box containing a series of clues and coded messages. Out of the past, another Tamar emerges, a man involved in the terrifying world of resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Holland half a century before. His story is one of passionate love, jealousy, and tragedy set against the daily fear and casual horror of the Second World War -- and unraveling it is about to transform Tamar's life forever.
Subjects:
Grandfathers -- Fiction.
Guilt -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands -- Fiction.
Netherlands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction.
England -- Fiction.
Grandfathers -- Fiction.
Guilt -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands -- Fiction.
Netherlands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction.
England -- Fiction.
Target Audience: 780L
ISBN:
9780763634889 (reinforced)