Comments on: Postcards from No Man’s Land by Aidan Chambers

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Two Weekly Geeks: Scavenger Hunt and Challenges « A Striped Armchair — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:57:54 +0000

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By: Yati

Yati — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:05:11 +0000

Incidental, yes. Though there’s some discussion about it? I kind of liked the “hey, no pressure here” sort of way the whole thing was handled.

I think HQ does not have this book on the list. (And I really mean not.) It’s mostly because I don’t think any of us had even heard of it when the list was drawn up. And it’s more than just partially about WWII, I guess — you can see the effects of the war on later generations to an extent, as Jacob struggles with some of the things he learns.

By: Yati

Yati — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:55:03 +0000

Same here. Sometimes I worry I’ll accidentally take fiction for fact and end up like this poor writer here: she uses a fictional diary as a reference for a biography, thinking it to be genuine. Whoops.

By: Renay

Renay — Sat, 31 May 2008 05:05:20 +0000

Oh man, why do all instances of boy kissing have to be incidental? SOB.

Is this book on the master list I did not post in the community that is definitely not a book club headquarters? Even if it’s PARTIALLY about WWII, it counts!

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Finding Wonderland » Blog Archive » The 888 challenge — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:00:07 +0000

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By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:42:38 +0000

Most of what I know about world history comes from reading fiction. I remember hardly anything at all from school. Sounds like an interesting book.