The boys who challenged Hitler : Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club

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Label

The boys who challenged Hitler : Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club

Title remainder

Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club

Statement of responsibility

Phillip Hoose

Creator

• Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-
• trueHoose, Phillip M., 1947-

Subject

• Churchill-klubben (Ålborg, Denmark) -- History
• Churchill-klubben (Ålborg, Denmark) -- History -- Juvenile literature
• trueDenmark -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
• Denmark -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
• Denmark -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Juvenile literature
• Government, Resistance to -- Denmark -- History -- 20th century
• Government, Resistance to -- Denmark -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• Heroes -- Denmark -- Biography
• Heroes -- Denmark -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• trueHistory books -- Wars -- World War II
• JUVENILE NONFICTION / Adventure & Adventurers
• JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical
• JUVENILE NONFICTION / Boys & Men
• JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Europe
• JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Military & Wars
• JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Europe
• Juvenile literature, Boys -- Political activity -- Denmark -- Biography
• Juvenile literature, Middle school students -- Political activity -- Denmark -- Biography
• Middle school students -- Political activity -- Denmark -- Biography
• trueNarrative nonfiction for kids and teens
• Pedersen, Knud, 1925-2014
• Pedersen, Knud, 1925-2014 -- Juvenile literature
• trueResistance to military occupation
• trueSabotage
• Sabotage -- Denmark -- History -- 20th century
• Sabotage -- Denmark -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• trueWorld War II
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Denmark
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Denmark -- Juvenile literature
• true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
• trueAnti-Nazi movement -- Denmark
• Boys -- Political activity -- Denmark -- Biography

Genre

• trueBiography
• trueHistory books
• Juvenile literature
• trueNarrative nonfiction for kids and teens

Language

eng

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"--

Writing style

• trueJournalistic
• trueCompelling

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2016
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2015
• School Library Journal Best Nonfiction Book, 2015.

Assigning source

• Provided by publisher
• Provided by publisher

Awards note

• Eliot Rosewater nominee, 2017-2018.
• Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, 2015.
• The Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, 2016.

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

940.53/489083

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• portraits

Index

index present

Intended audience

• 970
• 970L

Intended audience source

• Lexile
• Lexile

LC call number

D802.D4

LC item number

H645 2015

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

970

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 12

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

juvenile