89 pages • 2 hours read
Monica HesseGirl in the Blue Coat
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Chapters 9-12Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 9 Summary
On Thursday morning, Hanneke’s father comments how nice it is to see her “socializing,” and Hanneke reflects on how long it’s been since she had a circle of friends. In her room, she looks over Mirjam’s belongings, and finds a note folded in the shape of a star. It is addressed to Elizabeth, from Margaret, and talks about a crush on a boy, “T.” Hanneke wonders who these girls are and why the note is among Mirjam’s things. Seeing evidence of this close friendship between girls, she reveals Elsbeth’s fate: “Elsbeth isn’t dead. Elsbeth is living twenty minutes away, with a German soldier. She says she loves him” (104).
Chapter 10 Summary
Hanneke talks her way into the Schouwburg Theater, and is shocked by the smell of urine, excrement, and “some other indefinable odor” (107). Judith drags her out and introduces her to her cousin, Mina. Both girls have had jobs organized at the theater by their uncle, a member of the Jewish Council. Mina works at the nursery, and invites Hanneke to go with her on a walk with one of the infants. Mina is eager to chat and befriend Hanneke, and tells her that Margaret and Elizabeth are Mirjam and her best friend,
