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Tamar: A Story of Secrecy and Survival

Book Description
This is a moving story about love, lies and secrets in a time of war, winner of the 2005 Carnegie Medal. 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 earlier. His story is one of passionate love, jealousy a... More
Book Information
PublisherWalker and Company
BindingPaperback (13 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages432
ISBN-10140633913X
ISBN-13978-1406339130
Publication Date01/01/2012
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About Mal Peet (Author) : Mal Peet is a published author and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Mal Peet include Tamar, Tamar Audio: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betraya... more
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2/8/2008 Amy Proctor said: Another really good book! Not sure how many kids will like it, but its very cleverly written, I loved the way it swopped from 1945 to the current day! Plus a brilliant twist at the end, i had no idea that was gonna be how it ended!
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