Girl in the blue coat

By Monica Hesse

Subjects: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Missing persons, fiction, Young adult fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Black market, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Missing children, Underground movements, Netherlands, fiction, nyt:young-adult-paperback-monthly=2020-01-12, New York Times bestseller, Holocaust, Social Issues, World War, 1939-1945, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Europe, Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), fiction, Jews, history, fiction, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship, Fiction, JUVENILE FICTION, Children's fiction, Prejudice & Racism, Historical, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Holocaust, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying, Juvenile fiction, Mystery fiction, Europe, History, Jews, Death & Dying, JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, Friendship

Description: Amsterdam, 1943. Hanneke spends her days procuring and delivering sought-after black market goods to paying customers, her nights hiding the true nature of her work from her concerned parents, and every waking moment mourning her boyfriend, who was killed on the Dutch front lines when the Germans invaded. She likes to think of her illegal work as a small act of rebellion.