Tamar (novel)
2005 young adult novel by Mal Peet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal is a young-adult novel by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2005. Within a 1995 frame story, where a 15-year-old girl inherits papers and other mementos from her deceased grandfather, it is set in the occupied Netherlands near the end of the Second World War; there it features two British-trained Dutch agents and the resistance to German occupation of the Netherlands.[2] The novel interweaves past and present to show the lasting effects of war and the passions it arouses.
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Author | Mal Peet |
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Language | English |
Genre | Young adult historical novel, war novel (underground) |
Publisher | Walker Books |
Publication date | 3 October 2005 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 432 pp (first edition) |
ISBN | 978-0-7445-6570-6 |
OCLC | 61129424 |
LC Class | PZ7.P3564 Tam 2007[1] |
Peet won the annual Carnegie Medal from the British librarians, recognising the year's best children's book published in the U.K.[3][4] According to WorldCat, it is his work most widely held in participating libraries.[5]
Walker's U.S. division Candlewick Press published the first North American edition in February 2007, entitled Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal.[6]