I've been on a big WWII fiction reading kick lately; add Young Adult to it, and I'll probably read it. As soon as I realized Girl in the Blue Coat took place in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, I added it to my To Be Read pile. Hanneke has many reasons to detest the unwanted Nazi invaders; they've taken over her country and she's lost her boyfriend, Bas, in the war. As an act of defiance against the Nazis and to help support her family, Hanneke acquires and delivers Black Market items to paying customers, but she's thrown for a loop when, instead of asking to find meat or cigarettes, she's asked to find a missing Jewish girl. The mystery of the girl's disappearance mixed in with the stories of the Resistance workers and the glimpses into the daily lives of those living in a Nazi-occupied country make for a great read.
"Girl in the Blue Coat" is available in the SCCC Library.