Hoose, Phillip M.,

The boys who challenged Hitler : Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club / Phillip Hoose. - First edition. - viii, 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179) and index.

OPROP! -- 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 evening with Mr. Churchill -- Epilogue: the times that followed.

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 story of these young war heroes.

ISBN: 9780374300227 (hardback) 0374300224 (hardback) 9780374300227 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2014026101

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945
Boys
Middle school students
Heroes
Sabotage
Government, Resistance to

LC Class. No.: D802.D4 / H645 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 940.53/489083