20th century history
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city of benares
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disaster survivor story
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middle grade history
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second world war
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survival story
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world war 2 for middle grade readers
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ww2
Product details
- ISBN 9781627795548
- Weight: 624g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2019
- Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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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. In September 1940, passenger liner SS City of Benares set out in a convoy of nineteen ships sailing for Canada. On board were ninety CORB children, chaperones, and crew, along with paying passengers. When the war ships escorting the Benares to safe waters peeled off and the way forward seemed certain, a German submarine attacked and torpedoed the Benares. What followed is an amazing example of all that people are capable of - the worst, and the best.
Deborah Heiligman has written many books for children, including Printz Honor and YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers, National Book Award Finalist Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith, and The Boy Who Loved Math. She lives with her family in New York City.
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