The Whaleship Essex: The True Story of Moby Dick cover

The Whaleship Essex: The True Story of Moby Dick

Author: Fine, Jil

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 5.2
Points 1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 3536
Points per Word 0.000283
Page Count 48
Points per Page 0.020833
Series High Interest Books; Survivor (Children's Press)

Description

This book recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds.