POSTCARDS FROM NO MAN'S LAND

Aidan Chambers, . . Penguin/Speak, $7.99 (312pp) ISBN 978-0-14-240145-3

"Jam-packed with ideas and passionate characters, this sophisticated novel entwines two narratives, one centered on Jacob and set in mid-1990s Amsterdam and the other in 1944 during the Battle of Arnheim," said PW in our Best Books citation. Ages 14-up. (June)

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