Postcards from No Man's Land (Carnegie Medal Winner) - Hardcover

Chambers, Aidan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525468633 ISBN 13: 9780525468639

Publisher: Dutton Juvenile, 2002

Synopsis

A powerful novel, told in dual narratives, takes readers on an unforgettable journey through history, as seventeen-year-old backpacker Jacob Todd travels through Amsterdam to honor his grandfather, a soldier who died in a nearby town in World War II, while in 1944, a teenage girl named Geertrui meets an English soldier named Jacob Todd, who must hide with her family.

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From the Inside Flap:

What happens to Jacob Todd when he visits his grandfather's grave at the annual commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem is paralleled in time by events of the dramatic day in World War 2 when retreating troops were sheltered by the family of Geertrui Van Riet. Geertrui, now an old lady, reveals secrets to Jacob in contemporary Amsterdam which completely overturn his view of himself and his country, and lead him to question his very place in the world.

From the Back Cover:

"Superbly crafted, intensely moving." --Sunday Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0525468633
• ISBN 13: 9780525468639
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320