The boys who challenged Hitler
Subtitle: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
By: Phillip Hoose
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780374300227
Subjects: Middle school students; Churchill-klubben (Ålborg, Denmark); Resistance to Government; Juvenile literature; Boys; Underground movements; Biography; World War, 1939-1945; Heroes; Sabotage; Political activity; History
Description: "The true story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion"--

"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"--

Ashamed by adult inaction in Denmark during the 1940 Nazi occupation, Knud Pedersen, his brother, and six other schoolmates began a resistance group that inspired the nation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Accelerated Reader MG+ 7.1 7 7 174400
Table of contents: title: OPROP!; title: The RAF Club; title: The Churchill Club; title: Learning to breathe; title: Flames of resistance; title: To arms; title: Whipped cream and steel; title: An evening alone; title: The Nibe Offensive; title: Grenades; title: No turning back; title: King Hans Gades Jail; title: Walls and windows; title: At large again?; title: Nyborg State Prison; title: First hours of freedom; title: Better on the inside; title: Our evening with Winston Churchill; title: The times that followed.