Mal Peet
Hardcover | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 3.92 | 5120 Users | 684 Reviews
List About Books Tamar
| Title | : | Tamar |
| Author | : | Mal Peet |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | January 23rd 2007 by Candlewick Press (first published October 3rd 2005) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. Mystery. War. World War II |
Description During Books Tamar
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 before. His story is one of passionate love, jealousy, and tragedy set against the daily fear and casual horror of the Second World War -- and unraveling it is about to transform Tamar’s life forever.From acclaimed British sensation Mal Peet comes a masterful story of adventure, love, secrets, and betrayal in time of war, both past and present.
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| Original Title: | Tamar |
| ISBN: | 0763634883 (ISBN13: 9780763634889) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.candlewick.com/cat.asp?browse=Title&mode=book&isbn=0763634883&pix=n |
| Setting: | Netherlands |
| Literary Awards: | Manchester Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2007), Gouden Lijst for vertaald boek (2011), Carnegie Medal (2005) |
Rating About Books Tamar
Ratings: 3.92 From 5120 Users | 684 ReviewsCriticism About Books Tamar
Sign of an outstanding book? Tears at the end--good tears. Tragic, historically interesting, emotionally gripping, beautifully written. As usual, I read the end early on; when I found out what happened I had to stop for a few days. But I couldn't just walk away. One nugget of doubt: Stepping away from the book, I had a little difficulty convincing myself that Dart would really have "done it," despite all Peet's carefully built clues. But I bought it wholesale while "in the dream" of the novel,This book begins with the naming of a child. A fairly simple event, yet this particular name carries a tremendous amount of meaning. The name is Tamar, it is the name of a river in Holland, it was the code name of a member of the Dutch Resistance during WWII, and it is now the name of a newly born girl. As the book progresses we learn more and more about the name, the person,and the story of Tamar.Written in alternating sections (not chapters), young Tamar narrates the modern, set in 1995,
this is a good book. it's good in the way good books are good. a good, solid goodbook. a readable book. a book you want to go back to night after night. a book that makes you anxious to see how it ends. a book with good sentences good words a good story. a book where people love each other. a book where people hate each other. a book where there is danger and there is respite. a suspenseful book. a book that makes you hungry. a books that makes you happy you are not cold (and you are not,
Today, I found out that Mal Peet passed away. I am absolutely gutted that such a kind, generous soul was taken away far too soon. I think a reread of Tamar is due. May you rest in peace. You will be greatly missed. I read this book back in '07/08, because I (luckily) lived next door to Mal Peet and he gave me a copy a couple of days after publishing and I absolutely loved it.It is a beautiful story of love, betrayal and life of two soldiers during WWII. I'd give it a shot if I were you.
I was quite disappointed in this novel. It is advertised as the story of a young girl (Tamar) discovering secrets in her family having to do with espionage and WWII. The story isn't from the girl's point of view until page 99. Before that and comprising most of the book is a third person narrative concerning two men in the Dutch resistance during 1944. The intrigue involving the resistance is not a new story or handled in unique way. It's a basic love triangle with WWII as the backdrop and quite
Tamar is one of those stories that is difficult to talk about without giving too much away and spoiling the twist that comes at the end of the novel. And Tamar is well worth the read just to get to that. It begins in 1979, when William Hyde asks his son Jan if he and his wife would consider using the name Tamar for their expected baby, to which they happily respond in the affirmative. It is this daughter, Tamar, who narratives the story that follows.The story then switches to 1945, introducing
This one's been sitting on my TBR shelf for awhile now, waiting for me to work my way around to the right mood. When I finally did, I was sucked in by the first line. "In the end, it was her grandfather, William Hyde, who gave the unborn child her name. He was serious about names; he'd had several himself."One day, out of the blue, William Hyde asks his son to name his daughter Tamar. He explains that when he was a Dutch resistance fighter working for the British during WWII, their code names
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