Girl in the Blue Coat
By Monica Hesse
Everyday is a struggle, life is unfair, sometimes you just have to run away run away.
Hanneke, a young woman who works for the black market, spends most of her days delivering illegal goods for people in Holland. One of her customers is Mrs. Janssen, a widow who has no one left with her beside memories. Bas, a boy who Hanneke loved throughout her high-school life. Mrs. Jannsen is Bas’s mother. Sadly, Bas died during his time of fighting in the war. After that, the life of Hanneke goes downhill. In the year 1943, Hanneke visits Mrs. Jannsen for a drop off due to work. As she did that Mrs. Jannsen told Hanneke a secret that she can not tell anyone...
A Jewish girl named Mirijam has run away from her, and Mrs. Jannsen asked Hanneke if she can find her. Hanneke agrees, and she goes on throughout the day.
Hanneke's adventure to search for the Jewish girl goes on and on... and Bas and Hanneke's love story unravels
In my opinion... I think the book, Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse, is absolutely amazing! Every single detail in her book is truly inspirational or meaningful. As her first sentence in her book it states, "A long time before Bas died, we had a pretend argument about whose fault it was that he'd fallen in love with me." (Hesse 1) The way that touched me in my heart was warming. Knowing that at least the author created some sort of character saying that he loves her. There is no reason why he does because of its true love. I had multiple connections while reading this book. It takes me back to when I was in fifth grade learning some parts about the Holocaust, and read & watching Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. Memories, oh memories. As the story finding the girl, Mirijam, a search of Hanneke finding her true self and what she can be in society starts to emerge in her system. Life might seem hard but it makes you, you. There is always a reason something happens to you...
Running away is not the answer to your problems.
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