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Girl in the Blue Coat

3/21/2018

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By: Monica Hesse
★★★★★
Length: 315 pages

Summary:
Hanneke regularly delivers black market goods to customers, and thinks of it as a small rebellion. However, she hides this illegal work from her parents. Meanwhile, she also mourns over her boyfriend who was killed on the Dutch front lines.

One afternoon when Hanneke visits Ms. Jansen, she is expecting to hear that she wants kerosene. However, she is startled by the news that Ms. Jansen requests of her: she wants her to find a Jewish teenager that she has been secretly hiding in her house. Initially, Hanneke didn’t wish to fulfill the task, but she was ultimately drawn into the mystery. 

Review:
This beautifully written novel by Monica Hesse is about a Dutch girl who has moments in peril, but remains resolute throughout during a dark time in WWII. 


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1 Comment
Ms. Hutchin
4/18/2018 02:11:10 pm

Since one of my favorite books of all time is The Book Thief, I'll have to read this!

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