Knud Pedersen, the subject of The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and The Churchill Club recorded this video in 2014. In the video, he talks about working with author Phillip Hoose and the publishing team at Farrar Straus Giroux on the development of his story. He says that “gratefulness has no distances.” Indeed, Knud, it does not…. Read more »
In Denmark, Nikolaj Kunsthal has launched a retrospective exhibition that tells the story of Knud Pedersen, the subject of the Boys Who Challenged Hitler, as an artist, event maker, resistance fighter, author, and exhibition arranger. “Knud Pedersen, who died last December, was one of a kind on the Danish art scene. The potential of ideas and thoughts… Read more »
“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 »
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?