WENDOVER BOOKSHOP
35 High Street, Wendover, Bucks. HP22 6DU
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WENDOVER BOOKSHOP 35 High Street, Wendover, Bucks. HP22 6DU
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Postcards
From No Man's Land
Aidan Chambers Red Fox, 1999 Paperback. 336pp £5.99 to order
In a richly layered novel, spanning 50 years, Aidan Chambers powerfully evokes the atmosphere of war while brilliantly inter-weaving Jacob's exploration of new relationships in contemporary Amsterdam. "...the type of serious teenage fiction that should be cherished." - THE INDEPENDENT Aidan Chambers addresses problems associated with adolescence. The heroes and narrators of his books are usually boys coming to terms with teenage awareness of life. |
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The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. Other books by Aidan Chambers we recommend include Breaktime and The Toll Bridge.
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Jacob
Todd, abroad on his own for the first time, arrives in Amsterdam for
the commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem where his grandfather fought
50 years before. There, Geertrui Wesseling, now an old lady terminally
ill, tells an extraordinary story of love and betrayal which links Jacob
with her own Dutch family in a way he never suspected and which leads
him to question his place in the world.