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Aidan Chambers'' Carnegie-medal winning novel is about love, discovery and betrayal. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first.

Jacob, aged 17, is abroad on his own for the time, visiting his grandfather''s grave at the commemoration of the Second World War Battle of Arnhem in Holland. Jacob''s life-changing experiences are interwoven with the extraordinary wartime story of passion and treachery that he learns from Geertrui, whose family is linked to Jacob''s in a way he never suspected.

The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults. From political awakening, war and unrequited love to addiction, teenage pregnancy and nuclear holocaust, The Originals confront big issues and articulate difficult truths. The collection includes: The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton, I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith, Postcards from No Man''s Land - Aidan Chambers, After the First Death - Robert Cormier, Dear Nobody - Berli

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Sophisticated teenage readers yearning for a wider view of life may find themselves intoxicated by this Carnegie Medal-winning novel. * Publishers Weekly *

Postcards from No Mans Land

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    A Paperback / softback by Mr Aidan Chambers

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 4 August 2016
      ISBN-13 9780141371689
      978-0141371689
      ISBN-10 0141371684

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Aidan Chambers'' Carnegie-medal winning novel is about love, discovery and betrayal. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first.

      Jacob, aged 17, is abroad on his own for the time, visiting his grandfather''s grave at the commemoration of the Second World War Battle of Arnhem in Holland. Jacob''s life-changing experiences are interwoven with the extraordinary wartime story of passion and treachery that he learns from Geertrui, whose family is linked to Jacob''s in a way he never suspected.

      The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults. From political awakening, war and unrequited love to addiction, teenage pregnancy and nuclear holocaust, The Originals confront big issues and articulate difficult truths. The collection includes: The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton, I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith, Postcards from No Man''s Land - Aidan Chambers, After the First Death - Robert Cormier, Dear Nobody - Berli

      Trade Review
      Sophisticated teenage readers yearning for a wider view of life may find themselves intoxicated by this Carnegie Medal-winning novel. * Publishers Weekly *

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