num_pages: 320
description: 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--or to face questions about his sexuality. Most of all, he isn't prepared to hear what Geertrui, the woman who nursed his grandfather during the war, has to say about their relationship. Geertrui was always known as Jacob's grandfather's kind and generous nurse. But it seems that in the midst of terrible danger, Geertrui and Jacob's grandfather's time together blossomed into something more than a girl caring for a wounded soldier. And like Jacob, Geertrui was not prepared. Geertrui and Jacob live worlds apart, but their voices blend together to tell one story--a story that transcends time and place and war. By turns moving, vulnerable, and thrilling, this extraordinary novel takes the reader on a memorable voyage of discovery.
language: English
title: Postcards from No Man's Land
titlecomplete: Postcards from No Man's Land
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, LGBT, Teen, Young Adult, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 2596
places: Amsterdam
series: The Dance Sequence
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Michael L. Printz Award, name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: North East Teenage Book Award, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Dutton Juvenile