Postcards from No Man's Land

Description:

Alternates between two stories--contemporarily, 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.

subjects: Young adult fiction,  German Occupation of Netherlands (1940-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01353182,  Juvenile fiction,  Grandmothers,  Fiction,  Coming of age,  Unmarried mothers,  World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924,  Assisted suicide,  World War, 1939-1945,  History,  World War,,  Bildungsromans,  Euthanasia,  Reading Level-Grade 9,  Reading Level-Grade 8,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  Campaigns,  Soldiers,  Young men,  Military campaigns,  World war, 1939-1945, fiction,  Netherlands, fiction,  Children's fiction,  Grandparent and child,  Teenage fiction,  Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945,  Romans, nouvelles,  Campagnes et batailles,  Jeunes hommes,  Grands-parents et enfants,  Histoire,  German Occupation of Netherlands (1940-1945) cct,  World War (1939-1945) cct,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction,  Grandparents, fiction,  Interpersonal relations, fiction,  Homosexuality, fiction

Places: Netherlands

Times: German occupation, 1940-1945