{"product_id":"the-boy-who-dared-9780439680141","title":"The Boy Who Dared","description":"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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSusan Campbell Bartoletti has taken one episode from her Newbery Honor Book, \u003ci\u003eHitler Youth\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusan Campbell Bartoletti is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of many fiction and nonfiction books for children. Her fiction includes the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Who Dared\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDear America: A Coal Miner's Bride\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNo Man's Land\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a number of picture books. She won the Newbery Honor for her nonfiction book \u003ci\u003eHitler Youth\u003c\/i\u003e. A former eighth-grade teacher for 18 years, Bartoletti now writes full-time and lives in Pennsylvania with her family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scholastic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50597641257234,"sku":"9780439680141","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7e66ac7e-e787-4e1d-bec8-39dccfe822b8.jpg?v=1732179251","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-boy-who-dared-9780439680141","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}