The Longitude Prize
by Joan Dash and Dušan Petričić
Many sailors once perished at sea because they had no way of accurately determining... read more
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2000
Word Count 37,583
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1160L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 43796, 7 AR Points
- Subject Headings
- Clock and watch makers
- Chronometers
- Harrison, John
- Clock and watch makers--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Inventors
- Harrison, John, 1693-1776
- Longitude
- History
- Clocks and watches
- Chronometers--History--Juvenile literature
- Longitude--Measurement--History--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Great Britain
- Harrison, John, 1693-1776--Juvenile literature
- Measurement
- Lists With This Book
- ELA Text Exemplars, 9-10
- Science and Scientists
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Awards & Distinctions 4
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2001
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2001
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
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