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Adult Book Club- Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse

December 11, 2018 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

The Adult Book Club will meet on December 11 at 5:30 pm to discuss the 2018 All Iowa Reads YA selection, Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse. Copies of the book may be checked out at the front desk.

 

Amsterdam, 1943. 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 Dutch front lines when the Germans invaded. She likes to think of her illegal work as a small act of rebellion.

On a routine delivery, a client asks Hanneke for help. Expecting to hear that Mrs. Janssen wants meat or kerosene, Hanneke is shocked by the older woman’s frantic plea to find a person – a Jewish teenager Mrs. Janssen had been hiding, who has vanished without a trace from a secret room. Hanneke initially wants nothing to do with such dangerous work, but is ultimately drawn into a web of mysteries and stunning revelations that lead her into the heart of the resistance, open her eyes to the horrors of the Nazi war machine, and compel her to take desperate action.

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Date:
December 11, 2018
Time:
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
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Venue

Orange City Public Library
112 Albany Ave SE
Orange City, IA 51041 United States
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Phone
712-707-4302
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Orange City Public Library
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Details

Date:
December 11, 2018
Time:
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Event Categories:
, , ,

Venue

Orange City Public Library
112 Albany Ave SE
Orange City, IA 51041 United States
+ Google Map
Phone
712-707-4302
View Venue Website

Organizer

Orange City Public Library
View Organizer Website