{"product_id":"tamar-isbn-9780763634889","title":"Tamar","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom acclaimed British sensation Mal Peet comes a masterful story of adventure, love, secrets, and betrayal in time of war, both past and present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.Simply superb.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis powerful story will grow richer with each reading.\u003cbr\u003e—Booklist (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary, gripping novel.\u003cbr\u003e—School Library Journal (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA considerable original achievement.\u003cbr\u003e—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)\u003cb\u003eMal Peet (1947–2015) \u003c\/b\u003eis the acclaimed author of the Carnegie Medal–winning novel \u003ci\u003eTamar \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the  \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe–Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e Honor Book \u003ci\u003eLife: An Exploded Diagram\u003c\/i\u003e and three Paul Faustino novels: \u003ci\u003eKeeper, The Penalty,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eExposure,\u003c\/i\u003e a winner of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eChildren’s Fiction Prize. He is also the co-author of \u003ci\u003eCloud Tea Monkeys, Mysterious Traveler, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNight Sky Dragons, \u003c\/i\u003eall of which he wrote with his wife, Elspeth Graham.Tamar had not been able to drift clear of the surface of the water that rushed up to meet him. He was already fumbling with the harness release when he felt the cold shock of contact; he was terrified the chute would drag him under. He was thigh deep before he felt something more or less solid -- a mass of sludge and submerged branches -- beneath his feet. With a moan of relief he got free of the chute and saw it settle onto the black water like a gigantic water lily. Then he began to struggle towards the denser shadow of the bank. His flailing right arm struck something hard, and he grabbed at it. It shifted in the water. A boat? Yes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was pulling himself along it, looking for where it must be moored to the bank, when he heard someone speak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Welcome to Holland, Tamar.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe looked up. On the bank, distinct against the lesser darkness of the sky, was the unmistakable silhouette of a German soldier. The long field-service coat, the jackboots. Cold moonlight glinted from the steel helmet and the snout of a submachine gun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven before fear took hold, Tamar was filled with a great and bitter disappointment, a sense of ridiculous failure. He stood away from the boat, feeling broken, and raised his arms above his head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_______","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302074274021,"sku":"NP9780763634889","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780763634889.jpg?v=1767737773","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/tamar-isbn-9780763634889","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}