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Author
Publisher
Big Red Chair Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When he uncovers a mysterious metal object while digging in the front yard, Wishbone imagines himself as Professor Otto Lidenbrock who attempts to discover the center of the earth by leading an expedition into the crater of an Icelandic volcano.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As one of the many installments in Jules Verne's Voyage Extraordinaire series, Journey to the Center of the Earth promises high stakes and thrilling adventure. When Professor Otto Lidenbrock bought an ancient runic manuscript, which chronicles the lives of Norwegian Kings, he did not expect to learn of anything but the history of Icelandic leaders. However, upon further inspection, Lidenbrock and his nephew, Axel, find that the manuscript includes...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jules Verne's pioneering classic tells the story of the distinguished but eccentric Professor Lidenbrock, who finds a scrap of parchment in an old manuscript. A cipher, written in runes, tells of an entrance to another world - a world hidden beneath our own. So with his nephew reluctantly in tow, the Professor follows this cryptic clue down into a dormant volcano, and the further they descend, the more extraordinary the discoveries and creatures...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this graphic retelling of the classic story, a team of explorers journey to Iceland, and descend into a volcanic crater that leads them to a fantastic world at the center of the Earth.
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Publishing
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of Jules Verne's story in which three men dare to venture into a subterranean world full of danger and beauty, discovering many unusual things on their trip to the Earth's mysterious core.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The adventure begins when a strange Icelander parchment is uncovered in an old bookstore and reaches a fevered pitch that never lets up as Professor Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel, and their guide, Hans, journey to the center of the earth. From the moment they reach the extinct volcano of the Mountain of Sneffels and make their treacherous descent, their chances of reaching the surface alive again become very slim, as they encounter boiling seas, serpent-like...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dover Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
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Description
"The intrepid Professor Lindenbrock embarks upon the strangest expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the Earth's very core. In his quest to penetrate the planet's primordial secrets, the geologist - together with his quaking nephew Axel and their devoted guide, Hans - discovers an astonishing subterranean menagerie of prehistoric proportions. Verne's imaginative tale is at once the ultimate science fiction...