Peet, Mal
Tamar
London, Walker Books, 2005.
Fine as issued. Paperback original - no hardback edition.
Second novel from the award-winning author of "Keeper". Explores the world of resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Holland in the Second World War. Published to excellent reviews.
May 2006: shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
7 July 2006: Winner of the Carnegie Medal, beating four former winners of the Medal (David Almond, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Jan Mark and Geraldine McCaughrean).