Focus on the Family   A book review for parents  This historical
fiction book by Susan Campbell Bartoletti is published by
Scholastic Press, Inc. and is written for kids ages 9 to 12. The
age range reflects readability and not necessarily content
appropriateness.  Plot Summary  A fictionalized version of a
true story. Helmuth Hübener, a young man, boldly disagrees with
the tactics of Hitler and the Nazis during their rise to power.
At the book's start, Helmuth is on death row, awaiting the
executioner. Then in flashback format, the events that led him
there are revealed. During Helmuth's middle-school years, he
joined the Hitler Youth after being stirred by the future
führer's persuasive speeches, but he can not accept Hitler's
actions against the Jews. Knowing that his freedom is at stake,
Helmuth listens to BBC radio broadcasts from which he learns the
implications of Hitler's war strategies, and he feels a moral
obligation to inform his fellow German citizens. He and his
friends write, print and secretivel