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 ** Bridgett Russell ** ** 5-4-10 **   ** 6th and 8th language arts ** ** Reading Rocks Partner: Jessica Parrent   ** ** The Boy Who Dared ** **A Novel Based on a True Story of a Hitler Youth** = Week 4   = This book was simply amazing. I loved the suspense in the novel. It was shocking and interesting book that I have ever read so far. The book was sad and I was shocked when Helmuth was arrested for something so simple for listening to a forbidden radio and for making illegal flyers. I could not image our government in a dramatic situation such as this but the truth of the fact is, it could happen to us. I enjoyed this novel. It was a very good novel in which also told a very educational story. This novel taught me what it was like to live in WW2. I learned of the minor things that would get a normal person arrested (such as listening to a forbidden radio). I learned of the way the prisoners were treated in the camps. I think that both boys and girls would benefit from this novel. This novel is great and can teach lessons on a personal scale because we can relate to being a child, we understand the everyday challenges of being a teenager, and that I believe would teach us. It is sooooo much easier to learn when you can relate to the narrator, dynamic character, main character, or even it you can relate to the settings. Helmuth changes numerous times through out the novel. He changes when his Mutti marries a Nazi soldier named Hugo H ü bener, the Rottenf ü hrer. The theme for this awesome novel is; stand up for what or whom you believe in. This is a very important theme. Helmuth stood up in petition to the wrong laws and regulations declared by Hitler and his Nazi soldiers. The ending is sad. I would change it to a happier ending.