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A review by brandiraefong
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose
4.0
This was a really well written book on an aspect of World War 2 that you don't hear much about in YA fiction. The narrative flowed through the whole book, both with the action of "what were the boys going to try next?" and "would they get caught this time?" The sidebar notes were interesting and helped give context on lesser known people/events.
I think there are a lot of teens that would like this one, it shows that people their age can make a difference, even if there are consequences for their actions. I find that many of them seem to gravitate more towards historical non-fiction when there is action involved in the narrative (this would be a great read alike for the teens who loved Bomb by Steve Sheinkin....it's the same action oriented historical narrative). With the passing away of so many of the participants, this is a story that almost didn't get told for this age group (at least not with interviews from people who actually lived it).
I think there are a lot of teens that would like this one, it shows that people their age can make a difference, even if there are consequences for their actions. I find that many of them seem to gravitate more towards historical non-fiction when there is action involved in the narrative (this would be a great read alike for the teens who loved Bomb by Steve Sheinkin....it's the same action oriented historical narrative). With the passing away of so many of the participants, this is a story that almost didn't get told for this age group (at least not with interviews from people who actually lived it).