Mal Peet, author of Tamar and winner of the Carnegie Medal, explains his writing process in this video (1:59).
Grade:
9

Excerpted from

Tamar
Tamar
By Mal Peet
When her grandfather dies, Tamar inherits a box containing a series of clues and coded messages. Out of the past, another Tamar emerges, a man involved in the terrifying world of resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Holland half a century before. His story is one of passionate love, jealousy, and tragedy set against the daily fear and casual horror of the Second World War – and unraveling it is about to transform Tamar's life forever.

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