Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of the Children's Ship

by Deborah Heiligman

Book Overview

From 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627795545
• ISBN13: 9781627795548
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9