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

by **Phillip Hoose** (Author)

**A Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Winner**

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, _The Boys Who Challenged Hitler_ is National Book Award winner 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.

### Author Biography

**Phillip Hoose** is the author of _Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice_, a National Book Award winner, a Newbery Honor Book, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, a YALSA Finalist for Excellence in Young Adult Fiction, and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. His other books include _Moonbird:_ _A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95,_ also a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book; _The Boys Who Challenged Hitler_, a Sibert Honor and _Boston Globe-Horn Book_ Nonfiction Honor Winner; and _We Were There, Too!,_ a National Book Award finalist. Mr. Hoose lives in Portland, Maine.

**Number of Pages:** 208

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** May 12, 2015

**Award:** Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (2015)

**Award:** Texas Lone Star Reading List (2016)

**Award:** Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award (2016)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club

**Interest Level:** Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up

**Reading Level:** 7.1

**Point Value:** 7

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