The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
by Phillip Hoose
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2015
Word Count 42,201
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 970L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 174400, 7 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars
- 20th century
- Heroes
- Heroes--Denmark--Biography--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiograp
- Boys
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- World War, 1939-1945
- Sabotage--Denmark--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Underground movements
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Europe
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Europe
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Boys & Men
- Sabotage
- Middle school students
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | Europe
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Europ
- Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Adventure & Adventurers
- Pedersen, Knud, 1925-2014--Juvenile literature
- Churchill-klubben (AÌŠlborg, Denmark)--History--Juvenile literature
- German occupation, 1940-1945
- Denmark--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Military & Wars
- Government, Resistance to
- Middle school students--Political activity--Denmark--Biography--Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Denmark--Juvenile literature
- History
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Military & Wa
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical
- Pedersen, Knud
- Churchill-klubben (eAlborg, Denmark)
- Denmark
- Boys--Political activity--Denmark--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Government, Resistance to--Denmark--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Political activity
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Awards & Distinctions 8
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
World History & Culture Selection, 2016
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Middle Selection, 2015
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2015
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