{"product_id":"carry-on-mr-bowditch-9780618250745","title":"Carry On, Mr. Bowditch","description":"\u003cb\u003e1957 Newbery Medal Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Houghton Mifflin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780618250745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Newbery Medal - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Notes and Reprints\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/14\/2003 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 385 - Superior,Well Above Average\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2003 pg. 385 - Superior,Well Above Average\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/14\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e16 \/ Carry On, Mr. Bowditch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.1 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 8\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jean Lee Latham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36639500992668,"sku":"9780618250745","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8466386a-35d8-4170-9bad-2a16a931284b.jpg?v=1603849916","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/carry-on-mr-bowditch-9780618250745","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}