Book
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
- Published
- 1955
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Pages
- 251
- Words
- 56714
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/128048.Carry_On_Mr_Bowditch?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 4.1
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 570L
- Guided reading level
- Y
- Suggested reading age
- ages 11–13
- Ambleside year
- Year 5 onwards · ages 10–13
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
Readers today are still fascinated by “Nat,” an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor’s world—Salem in the early days, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat didn’t promise to have the makings of a sailor; he was too physically small. Nat may have been slight of build, but no one guessed that he had the persistence and determination to master sea navigation in the days when men sailed only by “log, lead, and lookout.” Nat’s long hours of study and observation, collected in his famous work, The American Practical Navigator (also known as the “Sailors’ Bible”), stunned the sailing community and made him a New England hero. (less)
Collections
Beautiful Feet · EAH79 — Early American History (7-9)Davidson GiftedNewbery AwardThe Good & The Beautiful · 6
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781435201422
- ISBN-10
- 1435201426
Tags
Adventure-Life ChangesAward Winners-Newbery MedalBeautiful FeetBoatsClassicsColonial AmericaDavidson GiftedRecommended Reading-ALA Outstanding Books for the College BoundRecommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 9-12Science-MathematicsShipsThe Good & The BeautifulUnited States of AmericaWorld War II