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

Phillip Hoose

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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.

Format:

Pages:: 198 pages

Publication:: 2015

Publisher:

Edition:: Illustrated

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0374300224

ISBN13:: 9780374300227

kindle Asin:: B00OO19A6G

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

Phillip Hoose

4.10/5 (3171 ratings)

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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.

Format:

Pages:: 198 pages

Publication:: 2015

Publisher:

Edition:: Illustrated

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0374300224

ISBN13:: 9780374300227

kindle Asin:: B00OO19A6G

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