Phillip Hoose at the 2015 National Book Festival
Book: Boys Who Challenged Hitler
NYT: Pulp-fiction Tale of Juvenile Swashbuckling
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and The Churchill Club was reviewed in the 9/13/15 edition of The New York Times Book Review by fellow National Book Award-winning author M.T. Anderson. “Heroism is not in fashion right now. We prefer our heroes smudged and compromised; it’s more comforting, less demanding…The heroism in Phillip Hoose’s “The Boys… Read more »
SLJ: History Anything But Fusty
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler (FSG) was declared to be “engaging and authoritative” and not “fusty” history in an article in School Library Journal along with the terrific reads, Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler’s Army (FSG) and Doreen Rappaport’s Beyond Courage (Candlewick). Read the article.
Book Trailer for “The Boys”
Our thanks to… Produced by Curious City Video Production by James Bailey Sound Production by Mind’s Eye Production Music Licensed by Mind’s Eye Production Voice by William Dufris
When Do You Stand Up?
At Phil Hoose’s recent appearance at Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary and Garden Arts to present The Boys Who Challenged Hitler, we loved these opening remarks from Anne Whaling, the store’s children’s book buyer. “It’s an incredible story of a small group of Danish middle-school boys who took bold action to protest the Nazi occupation of their country, at a time when… Read more »
Voice Rings with Passion for a Just Cause
The San Francisco Chronicle paid wonderful tribute to Knud Pedersen, the subject of Phillip Hoose’s book The Boys Who Challenged Hitler in their recent review: “Now in his 80s, Pederson’s voice still rings with passion for a just cause. He recaptures a sense of urgency, describing the Churchill Club and its three departments: propaganda, technical and sabotage…. Read more »
The Courage of Knud and Jens
“But this narrative is far more than a rousing real-life adventure tale. Ultimately, “The Boys Who Challenged Hitler” will stir readers to ask themselves whether they would have had the courage of Knud and Jens – two teenagers who risked everything to stand up to a real and extremely dangerous enemy.” —Christian Science Monitor… Read more »
The Boys of Summer
Kirkus Reviews declared The Boys Who Challenged Hitler, “the real-world story of teenagers who battle the Nazis when adults refused to,” to be one of the “10 Teen Books You Can’t Miss This Summer.” What’s on your reading list this summer?
“Boys” Win Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and The Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose is a Nonfiction Honor Winner of the 2015 BOSTON GLOBE–HORN BOOK AWARD! Roger Sutton, editor in chief of The Horn Book, and Rebecca Stead, the 2010 Boston Globe–Horn Book Fiction Award winner for When You Reach Me, announced the 2015 Boston Globe–Horn Book… Read more »
Risked All and Lost Much
The Wall Street Journal opens a review of The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose by contrasting the nonfiction story to popular dystopian literature for teens… “Dystopian fiction abounds with defiant adolescents who dare to resist tyranny and seek to spark insurrection when all around them, even the adults, have been cowed. Noble as such heroes may be,… Read more »