The Boys Who Challenged Hitler
Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
 
Phillip Hoose
Price  1050.00
A true YA account of seven Danish teens who dared to fight the Nazi war machine, from the winner of a National Book Award and a Newbery Honor. At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the 18-99s would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked down and arrested. But their efforts were not in vain: The boys' exploits and eventual imprisonment helped spark a full-blown Danish resistance. Interweaving his own narrative with the recollections of Knud, here is Phillip Hoose's inspiring story of these young war heroes.
ISBN 9781250104236Category ChildrenSubcategory Non-fiction
Publisher Macmillan USAImprint Square FishPublished 10/03/2020
Format RoyalBinding PaperbackPage extent 208
Age group Juvenile Non-
Phillip M. Hoose is the author of Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice,... »
 
 
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