Jules Verne
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 28
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
Prompted by disturbing reports of an enormous sea monster, marine biologist Pierre Aronnax joins an expedition to find and destroy it. After barely surviving an attack on the creature, the voyagers discover that their quarry is in fact a remarkably advanced submarine, the Nautilus. Its creator, Captain Nemo, is driven by a thirst for knowledge and by a hatred of civilization ; and he refuses to let his guest's leave. As Aronnax and his companions...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10.8 - AR Pts: 41
Lexile measure
HL 510L
Language
English
Description
"In this spirited novel by master storyteller Jules Verne, five Civil War prisoners escape their Confederate jail by hijacking a hot-air balloon. Blown halfway across the world and stranded on a remote island, the fugitives' survival depends upon their ability to build a sustainable environment while withstanding pirate attacks, volcanic eruptions, and other challenges. Engineer Cyrus Harding takes charge of the crew, consisting of his servant, Neb;...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 28
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Language
English
Description
This nineteenth-century tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world, anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century. The adventures of a French scientist and his companions who travel the seven seas as prisoners in the submarine of the mysterious Captain Nemo.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
Shocking his stodgy colleagues at the exclusive Reform Club, enigmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune, undertaking an extraordinary and daring enterprise to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. With his French valet Passepartout in tow, Verne's hero traverses the far reaches of the earth, all the while tracked by the intrepid Detective Fix, a bounty hunter certain he is on the trail of a notorious bank robber. Combining exploration,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
"When an eccentric professor acquires an ancient book, a riddle on a spare piece of parchment tucked neatly within its pages leads him and his nephew on an unparalleled adventure. The unlocked riddle brings them to a remote mountain on Iceland, where they enter an extinct volcano on a daring quest to reach the center of the earth. They soon find themselves at a giant underground ocean where the laws of science are constantly redefined and prehistoric...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 550L
Language
English
Description
A casual wager hastens the elegant and exacting Phileas Fogg on a rollicking ride around the world with his entertaining sidekick Passepartout in tow and the dogged Detective Fix hot on their heels. By cab, rail, steamer, and ingenious means improvised en route, they cobble together a global adventure in which they overcome all manner of unanticipated and sometimes uproarious obstacles while still managing to rescue the demure princess Aouda. Full...
Author
Pub. Date
[1978]
Language
English
Description
Around the world in eighty days: One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand-whether train or elephant-overcoming set-backs and always racing against...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions £20,000 that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days₂and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, accompanied by his hot- blooded French manservant, Passepartout. Traveling by train, steamship, sailboat, sledge, and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings, natural disasters,...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Around the world in 80 days: an English gentleman bets 20,000 pounds that he can travel around the world in only 80 days.
20,000 leagues under the sea: the adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo.
Journey to the center of the Earth: When Axel deciphers an old parchment that describes a secret passage through...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 490L
Language
English
Description
"Axel and his uncle find a note that describes a path to Earth's center! The men climb deep inside a volcano and discover amazing wonders. They also run into danger, which could trap them below the surface forever. These reader-favorite tiles are now updated for enhanced Common Core State Standards support, including discussion and writing prompts developed by a Common Core expert, an expanded introduction, bolded glossary words and dynamic new...
15) The golden volcano =: Le volcan d'or : the first English translation of Verne's original manuscript
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"When this book was originally published posthumously in 1906, Verne's son, Michel, rewrote many of his father's passages. Proof that the Frenchman's fiction (e.g., "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; Around the World in Eighty Days") never disappoints, this version is the first authentic English translation of Verne's original manuscript and restores the story as he originally wrote it. Set at the height of the Klondike gold rush, the story recounts the...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 440L
Language
English
Description
Scientist Pierre Aronnax and his trusty servant set sail to hunt a monster. With help from Ned Land, the world's greatest harpooner, the men soon discover that the creature is really a high-tech submarine. To keep this secret from being revealed, the sub's leader, Captain Nemo, takes the men hostage. Now, each man must decide whether to trust Nemo or try to escape his underwater world.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"A sea monster is terrorizing the ocean, and you have been chosen to stop it! Your mission takes a strange twist when the sea monster turns out to be a submarine. You are taken aboard and held captive by Captain Nemo, but is he a friend or a foe? Use your wisdom and courage to survive such perils as sharks and giant squids. Can You Survive 20,000 Leagues Under teh Sea? adapts the classic novel into a Choose Your Path book, putting readers in control...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After several eye-witness accounts of unexplainable occurances in a sleepy little American town, the head police inspector in Washington D.C., John Strock, is dispatched to investigate, only to recieve further reports of mysterious, and very fast vehicles from all over the country.