The Longitude Prize
by Dash, Joan
Robert F. Sibert Informational Award/HonBoston Globe/Horn Book Award/HonorsALA Notable/Best BooksBiographies/AutobiographiesEntrepreneur10American/U.S. HistoryInventors
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AR Book Level
8.6
AR Points
7
Word Count
37,583
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
43796 EN
About this book
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.
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