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Girl in the Blue Coat
by Monica Hesse
Ages: 14+
Published: 2016
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company/Hachette
ISBN: 978-0-316-26060-2
Keywords: Netherlands-History, World War II
When Hanneke is drawn into working for the Dutch Resistance in 1943, life under the Nazi occupation becomes even more dangerous.