Torpedoed
The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship"
Recommended by Laurie Halse Anderson, and 1 others. See all reviewsFrom award-winning author Deborah Heiligman comes Torpedoed, a true account of the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS City of Benares, which was evacuating children from England during WWII.
Amid the constant rain of German bombs and the escalating violence of World War II, British parents by the thousands chose to send their children out of the country: the wealthy, independently; the poor, through a government relocation program called CORB. In September 1940, passenger liner SS City of Benares set sail for Canada with one hundred children on... more
Amid the constant rain of German bombs and the escalating violence of World War II, British parents by the thousands chose to send their children out of the country: the wealthy, independently; the poor, through a government relocation program called CORB. In September 1940, passenger liner SS City of Benares set sail for Canada with one hundred children on... more
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Laurie Halse Anderson I’m so excited that this book is almost in the world!! Crafted w @DHeiligman’s deep research & powerful narrative voice, this true life tale of WWII is stupendous! https://t.co/Pnt7up1wqS (Source)