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Gr 8-Up This lengthy Carnegie Medal-winning novel is masterfully crafted, written in cinematic prose, and peopled by well-drawn, multidimensional characters. Intense and riveting, it is a mystery, a tale of passion, and a drama about resistance fighters in the Netherlands during World War II. The story unfolds in parallel narratives, most told by an omniscient narrator describing the resistance struggle, and fewer chapters as a narrative told by 15-year-old Tamar, the granddaughter of one of the resistance fighters. The locale and time shift betwe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Readers might think they've wandered into Ken Follett territory for this novel, winner of Britain's Carnegie Medal, about wartime heroism, treachery, and romance. After a brief prologue set in 1979, the story turns to 1944, when two Dutch nationals turned British agents, code-named Dart and Tamar, are parachuted into Nazi-occupied Holland to marshal the Resistance and prepare for the forthcoming Allied offensiv...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Readers might think they've wandered into Ken Follett territory. After a brief prologue set in 1979, the story turns to 1944, when two...Log In or Sign Up to Read More