The Girl in the Blue Coat
Age 12 +
21 April 2016Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Synopsis
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 front line when the Germans invaded. She likes to think of her illegal work as a small act of rebellion....
Details
21 April 2016336 pages
9781447295013Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Reviews
Themes of guilt and betrayal, ingenuity and courage, and the divisive effect of the occupation on friendship and community weave through a gripping historical mysteryPublishers Weekly, starred review
The strength of this novel is the author's ability to make the experiences of a seventy-year distant past seem immediate and vivid.The School Librarian
