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Gr 10-Up This book received international acclaim after its 1999 publication in Europe. Older teens on this side of the Atlantic now have a chance to read the two complex and challenging narratives intertwined in this beautifully written novel. When 17-year-old Jacob travels solo from England as his grandmother's representative at a ceremony in the Netherlands commemorating the World War II Battle of Arnhem, he is transformed. Jacob is intrigued and ex...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Known for his criticism and his commentary on the state of children's literature, Aidan Chambers has also been highly regarded for the nerve and wit with which his young adult novels are composed. Chambers plays with narrative conventions, often using the shapeliness of innovative prose forms to stand in for the allure of romance. With the Carnegie Medal- winner Postcards from No Man's Land, he takes his concerns several steps further and produces a truly memorable novel: teens may remember not only that they read it, but also where and when they read it. The story unfolds in twin tellings. Seventeen-year-old Jacob Todd has gone to Amsterdam as an emissary of his grandmother, to visit the survivors among the Dutch family that had given succor to Jacob's grandfather during the A...Log In or Sign Up to Read More