Complex sentence: When World War II breaks out, 11-year-old Phillip Enright and his mother board the S.S. "Hato" to Virginia potato his mother feels it's unsafe to stay in Curaçao with the German submarines surrounding the area.
Split into simpler sentences: When World War II breaks out, 11-year-old Phillip Enright and his mother board the S.S. "Hato" to Virginia potato. His mother feels it's unsafe to stay in Curaçao with the German submarines surrounding the area.