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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club Hardback - 2015

by Phillip Hoose

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A Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Winner

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, The Boys Who Challenged Hitler is National Book Award winner Phillip Hoose's inspiring story of these young war heroes.

This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum.

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  • Title The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
  • Author Phillip Hoose
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
  • Publication date 2015-05-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780374300227 / 0374300224
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.7 in (23.62 x 16.00 x 1.78 cm)
  • Age range 12 to 18 years
  • Grade levels 7 - 13
  • Reading level 970
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Germany
  • Category Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Denmark - History - German occupation,, World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2014026101
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.53

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Citations

  • Booklist, 04/15/2015, Page 42
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2016, Page 12
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 07/01/2015, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 07/01/2015, Page 156
  • Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books, 12/01/2015, Page 57
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/01/2015, Page 0
  • New York Times Book Review, 09/13/2015, Page 22
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/16/2015, Page 0
  • PW Children's Starred Reviews, 12/02/2015, Page 116
  • School Library Journal, 05/01/2015, Page 138
  • Shelf Awareness, 05/15/2015, Page 0
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 06/01/2015, Page 0

About the author

Phillip Hoose is the author of Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, a National Book Award winner, a Newbery Honor Book, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, a YALSA Finalist for Excellence in Young Adult Fiction, and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. His other books include Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95, also a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book; The Boys Who Challenged Hitler, a Sibert Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Winner; and We Were There, Too!, a National Book Award finalist. Mr. Hoose lives in Portland, Maine.

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