The Longitude Prize cover

The Longitude Prize

Author: Dash, Joan

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 8.6
Points 7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 37583
Points per Word 0.000186
Page Count 200
Points per Page 0.035

Description

This is a story of John Harrison, inventor of watches and clocks, who spent forty years working on a time-machine which could be used to accurately determine longitude at sea.