The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
By Phillip Hoose
Edition
Hardcover edition
PublisherMacmillanImprintFarrar, Straus and GirouxISBN
9780374300227
Awards and HonorsALA-CBC Building a Home Library Booklist - 2018
2016 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
Capitol Choices 2016 The Washington Posts Best Children’s Books of 2015, Nonfiction SLJ’s Best Books of 2015, Nonfiction Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015, Teen The Washington Post Best Children’s Books of 2015, Nonfiction Booklist Editor’s Choice 2015, Nonfiction, Older Readers
New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2015 Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2015, Nonfiction
ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Older Readers
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2015, Best Teen Nonfiction
2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 9–12
2016 CCBC Choices–Historical People, Places, and Events
2015 Cyblis Awards Nomination, Young Adult Nonfiction
ILA Teachers’ Choices, 2016 Reading List
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, History
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
Ashamed by adult inaction in Denmark during the 1940 Nazi occupation, Knud Pedersen, his brother, and six other schoolmates began a resistance group that inspired the nation. Maps. Selected bibliography. Notes. Index. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and reproductions of archival materials.
Title alpha The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
Level Advanced Readers
Pages Count 192
Genre Nonfiction
Topics Knud Pedersen (1925 -2014). Churchill-klubben (Å,lborg, Denmark). World War II (1939 -1945). Underground movements. Political activity. Biography. Middle school students. Twentieth-century Danish history. Danish heroes. Sabotage. Anti-government resistance. Military and war history. European history. Adventure and adventurers. German occupation of Denmark, 1940 -1945.
SRC Level 7.600000
SRC Points 11.000000
Lexile 970L
Trim Size 6" x 9"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2015-05-11
JLG Release Date Jul 2015
Minimum grade 6
Maximum grade 9
Reading level Middle
Format Print
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