Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of the Children\'s Ship - Deborah Heiligman - Deborah Heiligman

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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.
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This is their story.
Out of tragedy, ordinary people became heroes.
When the war ships escorting the Benares departed, a German submarine torpedoed what became known as the Children\'s Ship.
In September 1940, passenger liner SS City of Benares set sail for Canada with one hundred children on board.
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.
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