Status Updates From The Dark Frigate

I’m reading through the Newbury books and it’s a test of comprehension and reading ability. I have to keep reminding myself that if a child in 1923 could finish this book - so can I. So can I.

"But whereas many a one who stands under the bright stars in the small morning hours feels himself a brother with the most trifling creatures that live and is filled with humility to consider in relation to the immeasurable powers of the universe his weakness even during his brief space of life--" children in 1925 had quite the Newberry medal winning books.