#25 - The Boy Who Dared

This historical fiction novel by Susan Campbell Bartoletti is based on a true story of Hitler Youth, but many of the scenes of the book come from the author's imagination, thus making it fiction rather than a biography.  It is the sad tale of a boy who tries to speak out against Hitler's army and tell the truth about what was really happening in Germany.  He finds an outlawed radio and listens to Anti-Hitler programs and starts a pamphlet campaign to get the message out to the masses, but he is soon discovered.  What happens to him then?  Does he turn on his friends?  Is it possible to survive?  You will have to read to find out.

This was a graphic account of one boy's journey during Hitler's reign.  I would suggest this book for 7th grade and up (or mature 6th graders) because of some of the content.