Phillip Hoose
Hardcover | Pages: 198 pages Rating: 4.09 | 4236 Users | 847 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club |
| Author | : | Phillip Hoose |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 198 pages |
| Published | : | May 11th 2015 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. History. War. World War II. Biography |
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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 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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| Original Title: | The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club |
| ISBN: | 0374300224 (ISBN13: 9780374300227) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Sibert Medal Nominee (2016), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2017), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2017), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2015), YALSA Award Nominee for Excellence in Nonfiction (2016) |
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Ratings: 4.09 From 4236 Users | 847 ReviewsWeigh Up Of Books The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
While not one of the best-written narrative nonfiction stories, I found myself enjoying the story of Hoose and Pedersen's meetings and conversations more engaging than Hoose's 'storytelling' of the Churchill Boys themselves. Pedersen was one of the last surviving members of the group and Hoose took advantage of a failed attempt to publish the story by another author, to spend over a week with him to get his story. Don't get me wrong, it's fascinating. A group of private school youth/young boys
Really fascinating story! Great non-fic read for middle school/high school readers. Really sucked me in with stories of daring acts of sabotage the Churchill Club carried out, and their harrowing time in prison. Great read!
On April 9, 1940, German military forces invaded Denmark and informed the citizens that they had become a protectorate of Germany. Middle school student Knud Pedersen was ashamed and embarrassed that his fellow Danish citizens did not resist German occupation, unlike the brave Norwegians who fought back. After a few months of witnessing the Germans completely take over his city of Odense, Knud and his brother Jens decided to take action. Together, with their cousin and two friends, they called
I LOVE hearing new stories from WWII that haven't been told before. I am always very grateful that they were discovered (before it is too late) and shared. This book is about teenage boys who were very frustrated and upset with their Danish leaders for not resisting the Nazi invasion of their country so they decided to act against the Nazis on their own. These boys formed a club, The Churchill Club, and performed multiple acts of sabotage against the Nazis. They were eventually caught and
an amazing "backstory" or "behind the scenes" story so to speak about ww2. teenager Knud Pederson is a Danish living among the reign of the German, and he decides to take a stand for his country along with fellow classmates. they start off by vandalizing German property and move onto stealing weapons. one day they go too far and are caught and sentenced to 2 years in prison. this story, to me, was a story of taking a stand, even if it's not a big one. Knud and his club didn't directly threaten
This book is called The Boys who Challenged Hitler and is about a group of boys who challenged Hitler. They steal weapons and take apart German cars! The reason they are doing this is because the town they live has been taken over by the Nazis and the grownups wont do any thin about it. So the kids put it in there hands. They form a club called the Churchill club after Winston Curchill. They are stationed in one of there dads church's call the monetary. They try to ruin Hitler's plan but get
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