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The Boys from St. Petri

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'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.

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.

A review by Jamie
This 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!

This is a short book about a Boy named Lars and his friends rebeling against German control. I'm not going to explain everything about it because you can read someone else's review, but I will say only some people will like this book. It is not a very bad book, and is intresting. But you have to be ready to read through a whole lot of boring stuff to get to the few good parts. I would not say it is worth reading. I didn't like this book much and I descourage you from spending any money for it!

...Six troublesome boys that formed a group called the St. Petri boys. This book took place during the war of involving the Germans. These boys formed this group to get back and their enemies, the German's, who they hated. These boys would do whatever they could to rebel and show the German soldiers that they are better then they would ever be. These boys showed great strength and pride for what they believed in and even though what they did was bad, they are still good kids.

This story, to me, represents six boys who are just trying to prove to the German's that they are just as strong as them. I really liked the way he boys never gave up and how they were serious about what they do. The characters are very persistent and are strong boys. Each character has their own personality and not one of them is alike. Even though they are very different it was hard for me to tell them apart. I especially enjoyed Gunnar because he was very strong and basically held up the group. Lars was the younger and newest group member and he obeyed every order given to him. I think Lars should have taken his own thoughts and did what he thought was the best thing. I picked this book because I enjoy war books but this book wasn't really about war. I have always been interested in war books but not like this one. This book is not very funny it's sad, serious all at once. The book is very hard to follow and moves very slow. The other uses older language which was hard to comprehend. The sentences were very long and hard to understand. The words were too large and hard to get the true meaning. Along with long sentences he used short ones too that didn't seem to be complete. For example, "Go get him," Lars said. The book worked around the climax and led up to it slowly. The author didn't seem to care about catches the reader's attention.

I would NOT recommend this book to anyone seeking an exciting book. There are about 20 pages in the whole book that's exciting. This book would be enjoyed by people that enjoy the younger boys and their silly games. I hope my review helps everyone who reads this and will understand the kind of book they are getting into. Enjoy!!

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.