In the Heart of the Sea (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of the Whaleship Essex

by Nathaniel Philbrick

Book Overview

The New York Times bestselling and National Book Award winning In the Heart of the Sea, now a major motion picture directed by Ron Howard, adapted by the author for young readers.

On November 20, 1820, the whaleship Essex was rammed and sunk by an angry whale. Within minutes, the twenty-one-man crew, including the fourteen-year-old cabin boy Thomas Nickerson, found themselves stranded in three leaky...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101997761
• ISBN13: 9781101997765
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7