Description
| Product ID: | 9781447295013 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Girl in the Blue Coat |
| Authors: | Author: Monica Hesse |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The missing girl is Jewish. I need you to find her before the Nazis do. An unforgettable story of bravery, grief and love in impossible times. <p><b>Amsterdam, 1943 </b><br><br>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. But one day Hanneke gets a very unusual request. One of her regular customers asks her to find a girl. A girl who has disappeared from the secret room in her house. A Jewish girl . . .<br><br>As she searches for clues Hanneke is drawn into a dangerous web of lies, secrets and mysteries. Can she find the runaway before the Nazis do?<br><br><b>Meticulously researched, intricately plotted and beautifully written, <i>The Girl in the Blue Coat</i> is the extraordinarily gripping novel from Monica Hesse.</b><br><br>'A gripping historical mystery' <i>Publishers Weekly, starred review</i></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-04-21 |
