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Senior Summer Reading List

Tamar

By Mal Peet

Genre: Historical Fiction

Tamar is 15 when she inherits a box from her grandfather filled with clues to his past as a resistance fighter in Nazi-occupied Holland. Her quest to unravel the mystery and discover the importance of her name leads her to follow the path of history—both her own and her grandparent’s. The book moves seamlessly between modern-day England and the ravaged society of World War II. The tension-filled description of daily survival and constant fear the two undercover operatives face will leave you frantically flipping pages. Yet, at the heart of this war story is ultimately the story of love and its power to both destroy and restore.

© 2014 by James Dombro, David Laczak, Jack Timperley, Matthew Weiss, and Alec Wojda

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