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Hoose, Phillip M., 1947- author.
Subjects
Pedersen, Knud, 1925-2014 -- Juvenile literature.
Pedersen, Knud, 1925-2014.
Churchill-klubben (Ålborg, Denmark) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Churchill-klubben (Ålborg, Denmark) -- History.
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.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Denmark.
Boys -- Political activity -- Denmark -- Biography.
Middle school students -- Political activity -- Denmark -- Biography.
Heroes -- Denmark -- Biography.
Sabotage -- Denmark -- History -- 20th century.
Government, Resistance to -- Denmark -- History -- 20th century.
Denmark -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
Denmark -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
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The boys who challenged Hitler : Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club / Phillip Hoose.
by
Hoose, Phillip M., 1947- author.
Subjects
Pedersen, Knud, 1925-2014
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Pedersen, Knud, 1925-2014.
Churchill-klubben (Ålborg,
Denmark
)
--
History
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Churchill-klubben (Ålborg,
Denmark
)
--
History.
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
.
World War, 1939-1945
--
Underground movements
--
Denmark
.
Boys
--
Political activity
--
Denmark
--
Biography
.
Middle school students
--
Political activity
--
Denmark
--
Biography
.
Heroes
--
Denmark
--
Biography
.
Sabotage
--
Denmark
--
History
--
20th century.
Government, Resistance to
--
Denmark
--
History
--
20th century.
Denmark
--
History
--
German occupation, 1940-1945
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Denmark
--
History
--
German occupation, 1940-1945.
Publisher Info:
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2015.
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
viii, 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
RDA Types:
text
unmediated
volume
ISBN:
9780374300227 (hardback)
0374300224 (hardback)
9780374302726 (ebook)
Contents:
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.
Format Book:
Summary:
"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
"--
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