The Boys from St. Petri

by Bjarne Reuter

Book Overview

In 1942, a group of young men begin a series of increasingly dangerous protests against the German invaders of their Danish homeland.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525451218
• ISBN13: 9780525451211
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 11 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 6 and higher

Customer Reviews

An Exciting and Dramatic Story

'The Boys From St.Petri' is a realistic story about a group of teenage boys that play pranks on the Germans. There are a few conflicts in this book and one of them is boy vs. boy. Two of the boys get in a fight and one a them decides to leave the group. This affects the group because the boy who left was fairly important to the book. Thankfully, the boy shows up later in the book. Another one is group vs. group. This is because the group of boys have a debate to either let the new kid into the group or not. This story is both dramatic and exciting. Towards the end, the boys get into a big dilemma with the Germans and one of the group-member gets shot in the leg. This book is almost at all times exciting and enjoyable to read. Some of the characters show their true selves throughout the story. Most of the time it happened at dramatic scenes. For example. When one of the boys gets shot in the leg, you can notice how the other boys would do anything to help keep that boy alive for at least as long as they possibly could. I would recommend this book to anyone likes action from the start. The story is very fast to start up with the main idea. I would not recommend this book to anyone who does not like drama or action. There is usually a problem accruing or about to accur. Over all, I liked this book a lot and if I were you, I would read it.

Historical, funny, and suspenseful

A review by JamieThis is a very good book about a boy named Lars, it takes place in 1942. Lars is in the St. Petri group, against German Nazis, they steal caps, guns, flags, signs, and license plates. The group breaks lets a new member in named Otto, and then he helps them break into the German head quarters, the first time they don't get caught but Otto gets hurt so they have to take him to the doctors. The second time, a few, but not all of them get caught. This is also a romance story, kind of like a soap opera, because Lars is in love with his older brothers girlfriend, Irene. Read the story to find out who ends up with her. The book is historical, funny, and suspenseful, it kept me reading!

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This is a wonderfull book that the action just keeps on comeing, I just couldn't put it down. It is about a boy named lars that joins a grop of boys called the boys from st. Petri.

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When the Germans Invaded Denmark in World War II, there were small groups that resisted them. The boy from St. Petri was one of them. These boys start off by stealing license plates, flags, and signs. The Boys then add a new member to the group, Otto Hvidemann, a boy that works at the brickyard. Otto brings a German Luger with him and suddenly the find them selves going way up from stealing license plates, signs, and flags. They find that most of the trouble is because of the actions of Otto Hivdemann, but they keep him in any way because he is very resourceful. Then they find themselves way in over their head and they can't get out.