THE GIRL IN THE BLUE COAT

This spare and devastating novel introduces us to Hannelore, a "finder" in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam who delivers sought-after black market goods like coffee, chocolate, and nylons to paying customers. She is grieving the loss of her boyfriend Bas, who was among thousands of Dutch soldiers killed as the Germans invaded, while keeping her family afloat with her illegal black market work. On a routine delivery, a client pulls Hannelore aside and tells her she needs help. Expecting to hear that Mrs. Janssen wants cheese or kerosene, Hannelore is shocked by the desperate request to find a person - a Jewish teenager Mrs. Janssen was hiding who has mysteriously disappeared from a secret room. Hannelore initially wants nothing to do with such dangerous work, but is ultimately drawn into a web of mysteries and stunning revelations where the only way out is through.

DAS MaeDCHEN IM BLAUEN MANTEL
Deutsch von Cornelia Stoll
HC cbj 01/18; TB cbt 10/19