Awards and Honors2008 ALA Best Book for Young Adults | Book Sense Children’s Picks – Spring 2007 | Booklist Editor’s Choice 2007 | The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2007 | CCBC Choices 2008, Fiction for Young Adults | Kirkus Reviews – Best Young Adult Books 2007 | School Library Journal – Best Books 2007
When Tamar's grandfather died, he left her a boxful of strange clues and messages. As the fifteen-yearold sets out to unravel the box's meaning, the story of another Tamar-her namesake-emerges. He was a spy for the Dutch resistance during World War II whose job was to send and receive coded transmissions to England. Now young Tamar must decode a message from the past that will have a shocking impact on her and her family's life.
Summary Agents Tamar and Dart have been given forged identities and inserted into the Netherlands to aid in organizing the Dutch resistance to the Nazis. Amid the pressures of war and the need for secrecy, both men’s love for Marijke is a fuse inexorably leading to an explosion of betrayal and death. Tamar Hyde never knew what her grandfather had done or who he had been during the war. Her concerns are with her own loss after his death until she opens the box he has left her and undertakes a journey of discovery.
Topics World War II. The Dutch resistance. The Special Operations Executive. Code names. Interrogations. Training. Parachutes. Love. Reunions. Mental asylums. Radio. Rationing. Checkpoints. Secrets. Suicide. Missing persons. Senility. Crosswords. Codes. Organization. Nazi atrocities. Supply drops. Hunger. Christmas. Maps. Family. Mysteries. Trips. Death. Loneliness. Obsession. Jews. The Tamar River. Disappointment. S.S. Lieutenant General Hanns Albin Rauter (1895-1949). Roadblocks. Gunfire. Hideouts. Executions. Beauty. Raids. Betrayal. Meetings. Explanations.
SRC Level 5.400000
SRC Points 25.000000
Lexile 780L
Trim Size 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
Language English
JLG Release Date Apr 2007
Minimum grade 11
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
Mature Young Adult Plus (Grades 11 & Up)
Mature Young Adult Plus
Mature Young Adult Plus (Grades 11 & Up)
For Grades 11 & Up
Filled with stimulating nonfiction and can't-put-it-down fiction, this category is perfect for bridging the gap between young adult and adult reading. Take note: these 14 selections often contain mature situations and language that could be considered controversial.