TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heiligman,Deborah
TI  - Torpedoed: the true story of the World War II sinking of "The Children's Ship" 
SN  - 9781627795548 (hardcover)
AV  - D772.C46 H45 2019
U1  - 940.54293 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Henry Holt and Company
KW  - City of Benares (Ship)
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Children
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Evacuation of civilians
KW  - Naval operations, German
KW  - Shipwrecks
KW  - North Atlantic Ocean
KW  - Personal narratives, British
N1  - 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; Ages 10-14
N2  - "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
ER  -