Torpedoed
Torpedoed
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Torpedoed

Written by Deborah Heiligman
Hardcover
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11 - 14
Reading age
304
Page count
187
Words per page
840L
Lexile measure
Oct 8, 2019
Publication date

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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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culturehistoryWorld War II1900-1949boats, ships and underwater vehicles1940smilitary and warsshipwreckschildren in warevacuationssurvival

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781627795548
    Publication Date
    October 8, 2019
    Publisher
    Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
    Original Publication Date
    October 8, 2019
    Page Count
    304
    Words Per Page
    187
    Audience
    Young Adult
    Reading Age
    11 - 14 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2019002536
    Lexile® Level
    840L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~T
    Est. ATOS® Book Level
    ~5.4

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