Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.2
Points
30.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
165185
Points per Word
0.000182
Page Count
480
Points per Page
0.0625
Description
The book follows Tony Horwitz as he retraces Captain Cook's voyages across the Pacific two centuries later, working aboard a replica of Cook's ship. Horwitz encounters island kings and beauty queens while exploring Cook's legacy in the modern South Seas. The narrative also examines Cook himself, from his origins as an impoverished farmboy to becoming one of history's greatest navigators whose expeditions forever changed the lands he visited.