Heiligman Deborah
Heiligman Deborah - Torpedoed The True Story Of The World War Ii Sinking Of " The Children's Ship" - Paperback
Heiligman Deborah - Torpedoed The True Story Of The World War Ii Sinking Of " The Children's Ship" - Paperback
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Description: 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.
Title: Torpedoed The True Story Of The World War Ii Sinking Of " The Children's Ship"
Author(s): Heiligman Deborah
Publisher: Palgrave Usa
Barcode: 9781250865779
Pages: 320 Pages, B/W Photos
Publication Date: 4/25/2023
Category: Transport (Children's / Teenage)
Description: 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.
Title: Torpedoed The True Story Of The World War Ii Sinking Of " The Children's Ship"
Author(s): Heiligman Deborah
Publisher: Palgrave Usa
Barcode: 9781250865779
Pages: 320 Pages, B/W Photos
Publication Date: 4/25/2023
Category: Transport (Children's / Teenage)
