Postcards from No Man's Land
$31.75
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2017
Summary
Aidan Chambers’ stunning Carnegie Medal-winning novel weaves together a contemporary coming-of-age story of 17-year-old Jacob with his grandfather’s story from WWII Holland.
Jacob arrives in Holland, aged 17, travelling alone for the first time. He is there for the commemoration of the Second World War Battle of Arnhem, where his grandfather had fought. Jacob’s exploration of contemporary Amsterdam and the fascinating people he meets there interweaves with the passionate story about h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141371689 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141371684 |
| Author: | Aidan Chambers |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 334g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 30mm |
| Series: | The Originals |
| Audience Age: | 9-12 |
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Sophisticated teenage readers yearning for a wider view of life may find themselves intoxicated by this Carnegie Medal-winning novel.
Sophisticated teenage readers yearning for a wider view of life may find themselves intoxicated by this Carnegie Medal-winning novel. * Publishers Weekly *
About The Author
Aidan Chambers
Aidan Chambers was born in County Durham in 1934. After national service in the Royal Navy he became a teacher and then, for seven years, a monk. His young adult novels have been widely acclaimed, with POSTCARDS FROM NO-MAN’S LAND winning the prestigious Carnegie Medal and the US Michael L Printz Award. With his wife Nancy he ran Signal magazine and he has served as the president of the School Library Association. His devoted services to children’s literature were recognised by his receipt of the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002.
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