by Mal Peet · Candlewick · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780763640637
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«Tamar» is the spy novel and historical fiction by Mal Peet, published by Candlewick in paperback (424 pages, in English).
In 1995, fifteen-year-old Tamar receives a box of clues and coded messages after her grandfather's death. Through them she discovers the story of another Tamar, a man in the resistance against the Nazi occupation in Holland: a tale of love, jealousy and betrayal marked by the fear and horror of World War II, whose outcome will change her life.
The work won the Carnegie Medal; this paperback edition is a 2008 reprint.
Aimed at young adult readers and fans of historical fiction about World War II.
Malcolm Charles Peet was an English writer and illustrator best known for young adult fiction. He has won several honours including the Brandford Boase, the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Prize, British children's literature awards that recognise "year's best" books. Three of his novels feature football and the fictional South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. The Murdstone Trilogy (2014) and "Mr Godley's Phantom" were his first works aimed at adult readers.
