Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship"
Author: Heiligman, Deborah
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.0
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
56725
Points per Word
0.000159
Page Count
304
Points per Page
0.029605
Description
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.