Bartoletti, S. C. (2005). Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow. New York: Scholastic Nonfiction.
Plot Description: This book contains ten chapters that are about the children and teenagers that followed Hitler during the Third Reich. The Hitler Youth group offered young adults fun, excitement and stability. The book follows the thirteen years of the regime and how it affected both youth and their families.
Genre: Nonfiction
Age Group: This would be appropriate for grades 5-9.
Similar Books: Black Potatoes: The Great Irish Famine, 1845 to 1850 & Growing Up in Coal Country both by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
Personal Thought: This is a great nonfiction book for tweens. It has both text and pictures and is written in a way that makes learning fun. It will give any tween great insight into that time period.
Subject/Themes: Germany, Hitler, Nazi
Awards: Newberry Honor Book and Robert F Sibert Honor Book
Annotation: Did you know that a large part of the reason that Hitler was elected in 1933 was due to the large youth following that he had? If you are interested in hearing stories from their point of view then pick up a copy of Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow.
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