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Book

Torpedoed : the true story of the World War II sinking of "The Children's Ship"

Call Number

  • J 940.54 HEIL (CEN, EAS, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2019.

Physical Description

xi, 292 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Audience

Ages 10-14.

Summary

"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.

Contents

  • 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.

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