Torpedoed

Torpedoed
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Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages : 203
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ISBN-10 : 9781250187550
ISBN-13 : 1250187559
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Book Synopsis Torpedoed by : Deborah Heiligman

Download or read book Torpedoed written by Deborah Heiligman and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 relocation program called CORB. In September 1940, passenger liner SS City of Benares set sail for Canada with one hundred children on board. When the war ships escorting the Benares departed, a German submarine torpedoed what became known as the Children's Ship. Out of tragedy, ordinary people became heroes. This is their story. This title has Common Core connections.


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