A review by lrcartee
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose

5.0

This book tells the tale of a group of young boys who helped start Dnemark's resistance to the Nazi occupation of their country. The boys were disgusted by their government's willingness to become a protectorate of Germany without a fight so the boys vowed to resist any way they could. Armed at first with only bicycles and cunning they began not one but two resistance movements the first being the RAF Club and then when Knudsen and Jens Pederson (two founding members) moved with their family, they began The Churchill Club. They committed many acts of sabotage against the Germans igniting a nationwide resistance late in the war.

I found this a fascinating read and marveled at the youth and fearlessness of these boys. To think these boys, who were middle school aged, carried out so many acts of sabotage in resistance boggles my mind. A special highlight of this book to me was the first person accounts of Knud Pederson who was interviewed and contributed extensively to this book. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in WW II history.