Monday, March 11, 2013

The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

This book is about a 16 year old kid named Helmuth. Since he was young Helmuth always wanted to be a soldier for Germany. But that changed after listening to radio, Helmuth was listening the secrets of Germany and wasn't so sure he wanted to be a soldier anymore. Helmuth was beginning to hate Hitler after his actions to the people. Helmuth and his friends write leaflets of the truth. The most powerful man in Germany which was Hitler needs to blame some people for his lost in the war. Helmuth feels that he's the only non-Jewish that is against Hitler. Hitler was good back then but not now, he is now pure evil. Helmuth will not follow Hitler's steps with only a small amount of people Helmuth is against Hitler's rules which can lead them to death. When Helmuth graduated middle school he was forced to join Hitlers Youth. After knowing all the truth and listening to several radio stations Helmuth thinks its time to rebel so he and his friends decide putting the leaflet's all over town. But later on they get arrested and taken to court where they were charged for treason and got each different years in jail for their different actions. After spending an year in prison Helmuth was killed guillotine. I think this book is an amazing book for fourth through seventh grade. I think this an amazing book because it can catch your interest especially if your into the Holocaust this is a great book you should read. I would rate this a five out of five that's how good this book is. I thought this book was great because it showed some foreshadowing and was a really catchy book. My reactions to this book where surprising because i thought to myself this character is so brave.

Reviewed by Stanley ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 760

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