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 29-32Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 29 Summary
Hanneke, Ollie, and Willem want to do something “normal,” so they take a bike ride, even though it’s freezing cold. Hanneke’s bike slips on ice, and she crashes. Her injuries make her think of the scars Judith said Mirjam had on her knee from tripping on a piece of rusty fence, and suddenly, Hanneke realizes that the body she changed and saw buried had no scars: “[W]homever I dressed—whoever that person was, it wasn’t Mirjam Roodveldt” (262).
Chapter 30 Summary
Hanneke goes to see Mina and looks again at the image of the girl in the blue coat being brought into the theater. This time, they are able to use a projector to view the slide. Mina is unsure of whether or not it is Mirjam. This time, Hanneke notices that the girl is looking in a different direction than everyone else in the photograph. Hanneke wonders what else she was afraid of.
Chapter 31 Summary
Hanneke goes to Mrs. Janssen’s house, but she finds it empty. Someone else arrives—Tessa Koster, who formerly worked in Mr. Janssen’s furniture shop. She comes with the family photographs from the Roodveldts. In the stack, Hanneke finds a photo of Mirjam and Amalia. She realizes that the girl she buried was Amalia.
