Book club is back! We will be reading The
Boys Who Challenged Hitler. All you history lovers, this one is for you!
From amazon.com:
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 Phillip Hoose's inspiring story of these young war heroes.
We will meet after school on Friday, January 8, 2016 in the
media center to discuss the book and have treats.
