Format: | lternates between two stories--comtemporarily, seventeen-year-old Jacob visits a daunting Amsterdam at the request of his English grandmother--and historically, nineteen-year-old Geertrui relates her experience of British soldiers's attempts to liberate Holland from its German occupation. |
Copyright: | 1999 |
ISBN: | 0142401455 |
Publisher: | New York : Penguin Books, |
Physical Details: | 312 p. ; 22 cm. |
Notes: | Winner of the Carnegie Medal (UK), 1999, and the Andersen Prize (Italy).
| Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature for young adults, 2003. |
Record No.: | 235229 |