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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1270L
Language
English
Description
Traces the 1897 survival tale of hundreds of sailors whose whaling ships were trapped in Arctic ice off the coast of Alaska by unexpected storms, in an account that chronicles the efforts of three rescuers dispatched by President McKinley.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
A history of African-American whalers between 1730 and 1880, describing their contributions to the whaling industry and their role in the abolitionist movement.