The Whaleship Essex: the true story of Moby Dick

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Author:
Fine, Jil
Series:
High interest books
High Interest Bks
Survivor
Publisher:
Children's Press
Publication Date:
[2003]
Language:
English
Lexile measure:
850L
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Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds.

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Essex (Whaleship) -- Juvenile literature
Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks -- Juvenile literature
Shipwrecks -- Pacific Ocean -- Juvenile literature
Survival
Survival -- Juvenile literature
Whaling
Whaling -- Juvenile literature

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ISBN:
9780516243283
9780516278728
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 5.2, 1 Points
Lexile measure:
850L

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