Threads of Blue by Suzanne LaFleur

This is the sequel to Beautiful Blue World.  It picks up right where the last one left off with Matilde in a small fisherman's boat, fleeing from her country which has been overrun by an enemy nation.  She arrives in a country which is an ally to her's and finds herself in a refugee camp.  After a few weeks she is reunited with her youth intelligence agency, but struggles to find something she can do.  After her experience with the POW Reiner, she doesn't want to participate in anything that will result in anyone's death.  She is also struggling with her relationship with her friend, Megs because Megs felt abandoned by her when she went back to help Reiner.  Eventually Matilde finds a way to help the war effort, and repair her broken friendship.

I enjoyed this book as much as the first.  It is written with such sensitivity, and insight into the moral issues faced at the time of war.  Again I found myself wishing that LaFleur had set the story in the real world, instead of made-up countries.  I don't know how to classify this book.  It feels like a historical fiction.  It doesn't have any fantastic elements, no magic or time travel or anything.  But it is not set in any real place or time.  I will call it historical fiction for the sake of my blog because I think people who like historical fiction would like it. (203 p. 2017)