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''The Boys from St. Petri'' is a children's book written by Danish author Bjarne Reuter, published in English by Puffin Books in 1994. The novel was the 1995 recipient of the Mildred L. Batchelder Award,〔http://www.duluth.lib.mn.us/YouthServices/Booklists/Batchelder.html〕 an award granted by the American Library Association for outstanding children's books originally published in a foreign language. The novel has been cited by multiple scholars in the field of education for its lessons on activism and the Danish resistance during World War II.〔http://www.jstor.org/pss/20201929〕〔http://google.com/scholar?q=cache:DWj6pFUR3CcJ:scholar.google.com/+%22the+boys+from+st.+petri%22+reuter&hl=en&as_sdt=0,34〕 ==Characters== *Lars Balstrup is the main character of the book. He lives with his older brother Gunnar, his mother and his father. Alongside his older brother Gunnar and his friends, they fight to defend their home in Denmark against Nazi rule. He grows up quickly as his actions cause many life or death problems. He discovers a German Luger and is ordered to learn to use it by his brother so he can protect himself in case of an emergency.〔Reuter, p. 27〕 *Gunnar Balstrup is the brother of Lars and the leader of the St. Petri group. He is also the oldest in the club and he founded the club with Soren's help. He also leads the boys boat racing team and is regarded as one of the best paddlers. Gunnar has a girlfriend named Irene that he wants to marry. *Otto Hvidemann is a young boy whose father was killed in the war. He has to help his mother raise his two younger sisters. To help support his family he has a job working at a brickyard. He hates the Germans who are trying to take over Denmark because they played a role in the death of his father. He will try anything to sabotage or kill the German soldiers. *Luffe Is one of Gunnar’s friends whose father works as the railroad manager. He is able to discover key information about the time that trains will arrive and what they will be carrying. When he becomes excited his speech gets slurred. When the St.Petri group decides to carry out the plan to blow up the railroad tracks, he is the one who discovers when the German train filled with machinery will arrive. He is also a scientist and enjoys creating bombs out of any material he can find. He makes a very large one to explode the German train. *Axel Terkelsen is an older brother and a new recruit to the club of St.Petri when Soren decides to leave. He cares for his family very much and when the boys were executing their last and most dangerous sabotage, “Axel had more on his mind: his sisters dollhouse” 〔Reuter, p. 203〕 which shows that he has a sensitive side along with his devious side that helps him to participate in the club's mischievous adventures. *Soren is one of The St. Petri club's founders, until leaving after an argument with Gunnar about all the things the club was doing and how it was against the belief of the club and too dangerous. He is not kind to newcomers of the group. He does not trust Otto at all because when they first met he threatens to shoot Soren unless he leaves the area immediately. *Sevend Hansen is a member of the Gestapo and the man that all people that are not in favor of the Nazi Party fear and hate. He is constantly investigating the St. Petri group throughout the book and in particular Gunner. At the end of the story he is the one who convicts Gunnar, Lars, Luffe, and Axel. *Dr. Halling, an older man, is the father of Kirsten Halling and a Nazi sympathizer.〔Reuter, p. 138〕 He is aware that Lars, Otto, Gunnar, Luffe, and Soren all have something to do with the explosions and fires at the airfield. He is also a doctor who enjoys listening to the daily German marching band that most people dislike because they are exerting their presence. *Kirsten Halling is the doctor's daughter. She really likes Lars and follows him around, even though he does not feel the same way about her. She always wears very nice dresses and has her hair fixed very nicely. *Irean is Gunner's girlfriend at the beginning of the novel, but later on turns down Gunner when he asks her to marry him. She likes to be alone to think and will normally venture into the woods and sit in a raggedy old abandoned cafe. Lars has a crush on Irean and tells her he loves her and she loves him back. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Boys from St. Petri (novel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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