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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse

I'm a sucker for a WWII novel (Nazis in wartime really do make the perfect villains) and Girl in the Blue Coat was no exception. The setting, 1943 Amsterdam, where the German Occupation is in full swing. Hanneke, a 17 year old black market procurer gets a special request from one of her clients. This isn't just the items she's used to; cigarettes, coffee or stockings but she's asked to find a missing person. A missing Jewish girl named Miriam who her client was hiding. As Hanneke struggles to find the clues about the girls whereabouts she inadvertently becomes a member of the Dutch Resistance against the Nazis. With these new found connections, she becomes a first hand witness to the horrors of the Nazi racial policies against the Jews. Vowing to continue her search for Miriam, she finds herself deeply changed by what she has witnessed and will go to all lengths to save her. But will the combined efforts of the Resistance and her connections on the black market of Amsterdam be enough? Sit down, buckle up, because this book is one heck of a ride.

Recommended by Monica Shine

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