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The Boy Who Dared

by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Truth and resistance in Nazi Germany

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Truth and resistance in Nazi Germany

Set in Nazi Germany, the novel centers on 16-year-old Helmut Hubner, who hears BBC reports through an illegal short-wave radio and begins to question what the German public is being told. His attempt to spread that information through leaflets leads to a treason trial and a death sentence. The narrative moves through flashbacks, tracing Helmut’s development from a child caught up in the era’s patriotism to a young person who thinks independently. The book connects one teenager’s choices with the pressures of propaganda, political conformity, and dissent under dictatorship.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • A fit for young readers interested in historical fiction about Nazi Germany and World War II.
  • Suitable for readers curious about propaganda, resistance, and individual dissent.
  • May interest readers exploring how a young person’s views change amid political pressure.

Themes

Propaganda and truthPolitical dissentComing of age under dictatorshipPatriotism and independent thought

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Book overview

A powerful and gripping novel about a youth in Nazi Germany who dares to the truth about Hitler, written by a Newbery Honor Book author.

 

Susan Campbell Bartoletti has taken one episode from her Newbery Honor Book, Hitler Youth, and fleshed it out into a thought-provoking nonfiction novel. When 16-year-old Helmut Hubner listens to the BBC news on an illegal short-wave radio, he quickly discovers Germany is lying to the people. But when he tries to expose the truth with leaflets, he's tried for treason. Sentenced to death and waiting in a jail cell, Helmut's story emerges in a series of flashbacks that show his growth from a naive child caught up in the patriotism of the times, to a sensitive and mature young man who thinks for himself.
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