What happens to Jacob Todd when he visits his grandfather's grave at the annual commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem is paralleled in time by the events of the dramatic day in World War Two when retreating troops were sheltered by the family of Geertrui Van Riet. Geertrui, now an old lady, reveals secrets to Jacob in contemporary Amsterdam which completely overturn his view of himself and his country, and lead him to question his very place in the world.
- ISBN10 0099408627
- ISBN13 9780099408628
- Publish Date 4 January 2001 (first published 7 January 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 January 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Imprint Red Fox
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 336
- Language English
