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010 _a 2019002536
020 _a9781627795548
_q(hardcover)
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035 _a(OCoLC)on1065034045
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050 0 0 _aD772.C46
_bH45 2019
082 0 0 _a940.54/293
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100 1 _aHeiligman, Deborah,
_eauthor.
_981
245 1 0 _aTorpedoed : the true story of the World War II sinking of "The Children's Ship"
246 3 0 _aTrue story of the World War II sinking of "The Children's Ship"
264 1 _aNew York :
_bGodwin Books, Henry Holt and Company,
_c[2019]
300 _axi, 292 pages :
_billustrations, map ;
_c24 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 273-276) and index.
505 0 _aThe 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.
520 _a"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.
521 1 _aAges 10-14.
610 2 0 _aCity of Benares (Ship)
_vJuvenile literature.
_996914
610 2 1 _aCity of Benares (Ship).
_996915
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xChildren
_zGreat Britain
_vJuvenile literature.
_996916
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xEvacuation of civilians
_zGreat Britain
_vJuvenile literature.
_996917
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xNaval operations, German
_vJuvenile literature.
_996918
650 0 _aShipwrecks
_zNorth Atlantic Ocean
_vJuvenile literature.
_996919
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_vPersonal narratives, British
_vJuvenile literature.
_996920
650 1 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xChildren
_zGreat Britain.
_996921
650 1 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xEvacuation of civilians
_zGreat Britain.
_996922
650 1 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xNaval operations, German.
_996923
650 1 _aShipwrecks
_zNorth Atlantic Ocean.
_996924
650 1 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_vPersonal narratives, British.
_996925
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_cJNF