Postcards From No Man's Land
 

Postcards From No Man's Land

by Aidan Chambers

Seventeen-year-old Jacob Todd is about to discover himself. Jacob's plan is to go to Amsterdam to honor his grandfather who died during World War II. He expects to go, set flowers on his grandfather's tombstone, and explore the city. But nothing goes as planned. Jacob isn't prepared for love&150or to face questions about his sexuality. Most of all, he isn't prepared to hear what Geertrui, the... (read more)

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Clarence K
  • Rated 2 stars

I liked this book and I hated this book. I picked up this book because my mother grew up in Holland during the German occupation as a teenager. It was good for me to gain a perspective of some of the struggles my mom went through and created great conversations starters and understanding of her life challenges. Unfortunately, this book lost my interest in Jacob's own struggle with his sexuality which greatly distracted from developing cross generational relationships.

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