Vroege RecensentenMichael Braun

Phillip Hoose reached the pinnacle of literary accomplishment by winning the National Book Award—and a slew of other honors—for Claudette Colvin. Here a 15-year-old boy, his brother, and a handful of schoolmates take matters into their own hands—and spark Danish resistance—after Denmark fails to fight German occupation at the outset of World War II. (Fiction/Ages 12 and up) 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 in the latter years of the war. Interweaving his own narrative with the recollections of Knud himself, Phillip Hoose captures the astounding story of these young war heroes who refused to give in without a fight.