Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow (Scholastic Focus)

Robert F. Sibert Award-winner Susan Campbell Bartoletti explores the riveting and often chilling story of Germany's powerful Hitler Youth groups.

In her first full-length nonfiction title since winning the Robert F. Sibert Award, Susan Campbell Bartoletti explores the riveting and often chilling story of Germany's powerful Hitler Youth groups."I begin with the young. We older ones are used up . . . But my magnificent youngsters! Look at these men and boys! What material! With them, I can create a new world." --Adolf Hitler, Nuremberg 1933 By the time Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, 3.5 million children belonged to the Hitler Youth. It would become the largest youth group in history. Susan Campbell Bartoletti explores how Hitler gained the loyalty, trust, and passion of so many of Germany's young people. Her research includes telling interviews with surviving Hitler Youth members.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 04/01/2005
ISBN: 9780439353793
Pages: 176
Weight: 2.15lbs
Size: 10.10h x 10.30w x 0.70d
Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book
Award: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award - Honor Book
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Orbis Pictus Award - Honor Book
Award: Carolyn W. Field Award - Winner
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended

Review Citations: Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2005 pg. 345
Booklist 04/15/2005 pg. 1454
Publishers Weekly 05/23/2005 pg. 79
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2005 pg. 427 - Book Of Special Distinction
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2005 pg. 240 - Recommended - Better Than Most
School Library Journal 06/01/2005 pg. 174
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2005 pg. 407 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/2005 pg. 412
Kirkus Best Children's Books 12/01/2005 pg. 4
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2005 pg. 43
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2006 pg. 12
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/01/2006 pg. 6
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/01/2006 pg. 26

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 87191 / Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
Reading Level: 7.8 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 6