num_pages: 251
description: The story of a boy who had the persistence to master navigation in the days when men sailed by "log, lead, and lookout," and who authored The American Practical Navigator, "the sailor's Bible."
language: English
title: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
titlecomplete: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Classics, American History, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 18134
places: Salem, Massachusetts, Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: -441820800000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: -410198400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt