03076cam a2200445 i 4500 283134568 TxAuBib 20170127120000.0 150120s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014026101 9780374300227 HRD 19.99 0374300224 HRD 19.99 TxAuBib rda Hoose, Phillip M., 1947- The Boys who challenged Hitler : Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club / Phillip Hoose. First edition. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2015. viii, 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references 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 Winston Churchill -- The times that followed. "The true story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion"-- Provided by publisher. "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"-- Provided by publisher. 970 Lexile. Grades 10-12. Ages 15+. 20170127. MG. Pedersen, Knud, 1925-2014 Juvenile literature. Churchill-klubben (Ålborg, Denmark) History Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements Denmark Juvenile literature. Boys Political activity Denmark Biography Juvenile literature. Middle school students Political activity Denmark Biography Juvenile literature. Heroes Denmark Biography Juvenile literature. Sabotage Denmark History 20th century Juvenile literature. Government, Resistance to Denmark History 20th century Juvenile literature. Denmark History German occupation, 1940-1945 Juvenile literature.