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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     School Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Lewis, Amanda West.     Subjects     City of Benares (Ship) -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Great Britain -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Great Britain -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Fiction.     Refugee children -- England -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Lewis, Amanda West.       by title:      September 17 : a nov...       by call number:      FICTION LEW     Search the Web     Lewis, Amanda West.     City of Benares (Ship) -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Great Britain -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Great Britain -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Fiction.     Refugee children -- England -- Fiction.       MARC Display

September 17 : a novel / Amanda West Lewis. by Lewis, Amanda West. Red Deer Press, 2013. Call #: FICTION LEW Subjects City of Benares (Ship) -- Fiction.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Great Britain -- Fiction.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Great Britain -- Fiction.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Fiction.   Refugee children -- England -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780889955073 (pbk.) Description:  313 p. ; 20 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-299) Summary:  Presents a fictionalized account of the sinking of the City of Benares, which was torpedoed by a German U-boat during World War II as it secretly transported ninety British children to Canada. "In July 1940, a British government-sponsored program called Children's Overseas Reception Board — or CORB — was set up to send children from Britain to Canada and other Commonwealth countries, in order to rescue them from the bombings of British cities. The City of Benares was a luxury liner that was recruited in September 1940 to transport 90 of these children to Canada, along with the ship's regular passenger complement. A convoy of ships including The Benares set off from Liverpool in mid-September and approximately six hundred miles out, after the naval escorts had withdrawn, the ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sank in about half an hour. Only thirteen of the CORB children survived the sinking. As a result of this tragedy, the program was cancelled. September 17 is a novel that tells the story of three of the children that were on board the City of Benares, as they experience and survive the disaster and wait to be rescued. One lifeboat was not picked up by the destroyer sent to make the rescue, and was at sea with 46 passengers, children and adults for eight days until it was picked up near the Irish coast. Two teenaged girls held onto an overturned lifeboat for 18 hours before they were picked up, while another family, including two children not on the CORB program, floated on a tiny raft for hours before being rescued. The characters whose adventures are described are all real, though some conversations and encounters have been fictionalized by author Amanda Lewis."--From publisher. Audience:  Grades: 7-up. SLJ. Genre:  Historical fiction. Canadian fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Sackville Public Library Young Adult Fiction FICTION LEW Ya Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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