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

Rarely do I binge read a book in one sitting (especially when it was delivered in the mail this morning) but I just couldn't put this one down. I always love WWII stories, but the idea that these children (Freshmen in HS) could be so brave and make such a difference- I was enthralled. Well worth your time to read!!!

" 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." (Goodreads)