96 pages • 3 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 21-24Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 21 Summary
Hanneke insists that Ollie and his friends assist in getting Mirjam out of the theater. Ollie is furious: “We’ve all been hoping you would help us with the resistance, with things that actually matter not just for one person, but for hundreds of people” (192). However, when Mina reveals that she has left her camera in the baby carriage, Ollie realizes that their whole group is already at risk. Ollie gathers them together, and early Sunday morning, they debate the best course of action. Mina offers to go into the camp herself and destroy the camera. Hanneke counters that she can get a Gestapo uniform. She reflects on her falling out with Elsbeth and remembers telling her friend, “I can’t forgive you for loving the side that killed Bas” (200).
Chapter 22 Summary
Hanneke arrives back at home, and her parents are both worried and furious. She says Mr. Kreuk kept her late at work, and her mother threatens to confront him. Hanneke implies she will lose her job if that happens. Just as she settles in, Willem arrives. She leaves again, telling her mother, “I’m not your child…I bring the money into the house. I buy the groceries…I’m the one who takes care of you” (207).
