Postcards from No Man's Land

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"Postcards from No Man's Land" is a young adult novel by Aidan Chambers that intertwines past and present in a reflective story about identity, memory, and the legacy of World War II.

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instanceOf novel
author Aidan Chambers NERFINISHED
awardCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
awardReceived Carnegie Medal NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
exploresTopic family secrets
moral choices in wartime
sexual identity
firstPublicationYear 1999
genre historical fiction
war novel
young adult fiction
hasCharacter Geertrui NERFINISHED
hasFormat audiobook
hardcover
paperback
hasMedium print
hasProtagonist Jacob Todd NERFINISHED
hasSubject British–Dutch cultural relations
World War II in the Netherlands NERFINISHED
intergenerational relationships
inspiredBy historical events in occupied Netherlands
language English
literaryAwardYear 1999 Carnegie Medal NERFINISHED
literaryStyle character-driven
reflective
mainTheme coming of age
identity
legacy of World War II
memory
narrativePerspective multiple viewpoints
narrativeStructure dual timeline
notableFor complex narrative structure
frank treatment of adolescent sexuality
partOfSeries Dance sequence
plotElement British teenager visiting Amsterdam
interwoven wartime and contemporary stories
publisher Bodley Head NERFINISHED
seriesNumber fifth book in the Dance sequence
setting Amsterdam NERFINISHED
the Netherlands NERFINISHED
targetAudience young adults
timePeriod World War II
late 20th century

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Aidan Chambers notableWork Postcards from No Man's Land