With Nazis bombing London every night, its time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. He suspects his stepmother is glad to see him go, but his dad says hes one of the lucky onesone of ninety boys and girls to ship out aboard the SS City of Benares to safety in Canada.Life aboard the luxury ship is grandnine-course meals, new friends, and a life far from the bombs, rations, and his stepmums glare. And after five days at sea, the ships officers announce that theyre out of danger.
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