Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-

The boys who challenged Hitler : Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club / Phillip Hoose. - First edition. - 198 pages : illustrations, photographs, maps ; 24 cm

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 -- Epilogue: the times that followed.

Junior Library Guild

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.

11-14. 6-9.

A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)

9780374300227 (hardcover) : $15.75

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Pedersen, Knud, 1925-2014 --Juvenile literature.


Churchill-klubben (Alborg, Denmark)--History--Juvenile literature.


World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Denmark--Juvenile literature.
Government, Resistance to--History--Denmark--20th century--Juvenile literature.


Denmark--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Juvenile literature.

D802.D4 / .H667 2015

940.53/0489