Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Carry On, Mr Bowditch is about a boy named Nathaniel (Nat) Bowditch. Nat was always interested in math since he was six. He could do hard problem at the age of seven which no one thought a boy that young could do. He really loved arithmetic, but with prices rising on everything, his father pulls him out of school to help with work. He never returned to school again, but he still amounted to great things in arithmetic and language and other subjects, that every man and woman is astounded by. This book has it's sad moments so I don't recommend it for young children, but for people 13 and up and people who like stories about small people accomplishing big things.