Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of the Children's Ship

Year Published 2019

Word Count 56,725

• Text Complexity
• Lexile Level: 840L
• ATOS Reading Level: 6

• AR Quiz Numbers
• 505200

• Curricular Area
• History

• Subject Headings
• Shipwrecks
• World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British--Juvenile literature
• Children
• Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
• City of Benares (Ship)--Juvenile literature
• Naval operations, German
• World War, 1939-1945--Children--Great Britain--Juvenile literature
• Evacuation of civilians
• North Atlantic Ocean
• World War, 1939-1945
• Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Europe
• Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
• World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Great Britain--Juvenile literature
• Great Britain
• Shipwrecks--North Atlantic Ocean--Juvenile literature
• Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation | Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft
• City of Benares (Ship)
• World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, German--Juvenile literature
• Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars

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