The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

There are many reasons for a person to lie, but to have a reason to tell the truth, you must have a deep belief and great courage... Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Executed by one of Hitler's illegal courts, Helmuth Hubener, a teenage Latter-Day Saint, was one of the Reich's youngest enemies. He told the truth, published it, and distributed it until he was beheaded in October 1942.

Good books about moral courage are rare gems. This book is a gem. Truth is real and of increasing value.

When The Emperor Was Divine by Julie Ostuka

One family's experience as they are shipped off to camps in Topaz, Utah during WW2. Beautifully written.

“But we never stopped believing that somewhere out there, in some stranger’s backyard, our mother’s rosebush was blossoming madly, wildly, pressing one perfect red flower after another out into the late afternoon light” [p. 139].

Jordan Peterson

This is an interesting book. I'm still thinking about it and I will re-read some of the chapters.  I also think the chapter on parenting is worth the price of the book.

There are plenty of thoughtful quotes. I loved this one:

To tell the truth is to bring the most habitable 

reality into Being. Truth builds edifices that 

can stand a thousand years. Truth feeds and 

clothes the poor, and makes nations wealthy 

and safe. Truth reduces the terrible 

complexity of a man to the simplicity of his 

word, so that he can become a partner rather 

than an enemy. Truth makes the past truly 

past, and makes the best use of the future's 

possibilities. Truth is the ultimate, 

inexhaustible natural resource. It's the light in the darkness. 

See the truth. Tell the truth.

Denmark

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