The Christmas Tree Ship cover

The Christmas Tree Ship

Author: Crane, Carol

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 4.6
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 837
Points per Word 0.000597
Page Count 32
Points per Page 0.015625

Description

This book describes the annual voyage of the "Rouse Simmons" schooner bearing Christmas trees to Chicago, highlighting its final tragic voyage in 1912, when the captain, crew, and cargo were all lost and the ship's wreckage not recovered until 1971.