My Story: U-Boat Hunter
Peter Rogers, HMS Arum 1939-1945
- Publisher
- Scholastic Canada Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2007
- Category
- General
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 7
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780439937528
- Publish Date
- Oct 2007
- List Price
- $6.99
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Description
In the My Story series, readers are taken into the personal world of teenage boys facing adversity. These extensively researched novels are written in first-person format and set in different periods of history.
Without merchant ships continuing to bring supplies to Britain during WWII, Germany's stranglehold on the island would eventually defeat the Allies. Peter Rogers, son of a sailor whose own ship has been torpedoed off the coast of Ireland, is called up to join the navy. Peter's skills get him the post of signalman on the Arum.
He's there when German submarines sink merchant ships and the boats escorting them, and he finally has the satisfaction of helping sink the U-boat captained by the notorious German officer Von Schliegen — one that has sunk many Allied ships, including non-military ones, and even fired at lifeboats holding survivors.
About the author
Bryan Perrett left the Bristish Army as a successful career officer he served in the Royal Armored Corps, the 17th/21st lancers, westminster Dragoons and the Royal Tank Regiment to because a full-time writer. He is a military historian who writes popular histories based on meticulous research from primary sources. He is the best-selling author of the populor Cassell Military Classic series. His most recent work is for Valour- Victoria Cross and Medal of Honor Battles. Author Residence: Lancashire, UK.