Book
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of the Children's Ship
- Published
- 2019
- Genre
- Biography
- Pages
- 288
- Words
- 56725
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 6.0
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 840L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 10–17
In September 1940, passenger liner SS "City of Benares" set sail for Canada with one hundred children on board. When the warships escorting the "Benares" departed, a German submarine torpedoed the ship.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781627795548
- ISBN-10
- 1627795545
Tags
ALSC NotablesBiographyDisasters-ShipwrecksHistory-World War II EraNatural Environments-Oceans/SeasNonfictionPeople-ChildrenSubmarineTransportation/Vehicles-Ships/Boats