Torpedoed : the true story of the World War II sinking of "The Children's Ship" / Deborah Heiligman.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company, [2019]Description: xi, 292 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781627795548
- 1627795545
- True story of the World War II sinking of "The Children's Ship"
- City of Benares (Ship) -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Great Britain -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Great Britain -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German -- Juvenile literature
- Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British -- Juvenile literature
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 940.5429 H466 | Available | 33111009395522 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 940.5429 H466 | Available | 33111009536448 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 out in a convoy of nineteen ships sailing for Canada. On board were ninety CORB children, chaperones, and crew, along with paying passengers. When the war ships escorting the Benares to safe waters peeled off and the way forward seemed certain, a German submarine attacked and torpedoed the Benares. What followed is an amazing example of all that people are capable of--the worst, and the best.- GODWIN BOOKS -
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-276) and index.
The noise of war -- Sailing to safety -- A floating palace -- Desserts and drills -- Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye -- Secrets at sea -- U-boat 48 -- September 17, 1940, the North Atlantic Ocean -- It's only a torpedo -- Fate's hand -- The middle of the Atlantic -- The lounge -- A long green tunnel -- Ships cry -- The longest night -- Break of day -- Utmost dispatch -- The hurricane -- Phoenixes -- "In spite of all the precautions" -- Lifeboat 12 -- I spy nothing -- Perils at sea -- British heroes don't snivel -- Hope is a fine feather of smoke -- Darkest hours -- Illusions, delusions, more nightmares -- And on the eighth day -- A watery grave -- Epilogue.
"A true account of the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS City of Benares, which was evacuating children from England during WWII."--Provided by publisher.
Ages 10-14.