The Boys who Challenged Hitler : : Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
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OBPROP! -- The RAF Club -- The Churchill Club -- Learning to Breathe -- Flames of Resistance -- To Arms -- Whipped Cream and Steel -- An Evening Alone -- The Nibe Offensive -- Grenades -- No Turning Back -- King Hans Gades Jail -- Walls and Windows -- At Large Again? -- Nyborg State Prison -- First Hours of Freedom -- Better on the Inside -- Our Night with Winston Churchill -- The Times that Followed.
"The true story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion"-- Provided by publisher.
"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 adults 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 himself, here is Phil Hoose's inspiring story of these young war heroes"-- Provided by publisher.
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:) submitted by Xris on June 16, 2018, 8:28pm I love reading about the Holocaust, especially about how people helped Jews and others escape the Nazis. This is another great addition to the books I've already read. I don't know if I'd recommend it for kids, though, since the boys are smoking throughout the book.
PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2015.
Year Published: 2015
Description: 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374300227
SUBJECTS
Pedersen, Knud, -- 1925-2014.
Churchill-klubben (Ålborg, Denmark) -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Denmark.
Boys -- Political activity -- Denmark -- Biography.
Middle school students -- Political activity -- Denmark -- Biography.
Heroes -- Denmark -- Biography.
Sabotage -- Denmark -- History -- 20th century.
Government, Resistance to -- Denmark -- History -- 20th century.
Denmark -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.