Carry On, Mr. Bowditch is a book about Nat Bowditch. Nat is very smart, but he is forced to drop out of school and work to help support his family. Eventually, even that is not enough and Nat's family contracts him as an indentured servant. Despite his circumstances, Nat still teaches himself Latin, French, Calculus, and Triganometry. He later becomes a surveyor and an officer and travels to many different places.
I think this book would be really good for students in around 4th or 5th grade. It would pair very well with a history lesson even though it is fiction because it is set in the revolutionary war era and much of the story is very true to the time.
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