Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal [Idioma Inglés] - Hardcover

Peet, Mal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763634883 ISBN 13: 9780763634889

Verlag: Candlewick, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 424 pages; Description: 424 p. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Grandfathers -- Fiction. Guilt -- Fiction. Netherlands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction. Summary: In England in 1995, fifteen-year-old Tamar, grief-stricken by the puzzling death of her beloved grandfather, slowly begins to uncover the secrets of his life in the Dutch resistance during the last year of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, and the climactic events that forever cast a shadow on his life and that of his family.

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Simply superb.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

This powerful story will grow richer with each reading.
--Booklist (starred review)

An extraordinary, gripping novel.
--School Library Journal (starred review)

A considerable original achievement.
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)

Reseña del editor:

After her grandfather commits suicide, Tamar inherits a box with a series of clues and coded messages, which leads her to another Tamar, a World War II British spy--a man involved in the terrifying world of resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Holland some fifty years before. Jr Lib Guild. 13,000 first printing.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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• Verlag: Candlewick
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0763634883
• ISBN 13: 9780763634889
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432