{"product_id":"the-mysterious-island-paperback-1","title":"The Mysterious Island - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJules Verne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJordan Stump\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eCaleb Carr\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile, \u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Island\u003c\/i\u003e is considered by many to be Jules Verne's masterpiece. \"Wide-eyed mid-nineteenth-century humanistic optimism in a breezy, blissfully readable translation by Stump\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), here is the enthralling tale of five men and a dog who land in a balloon on a faraway, fantastic island of bewildering goings-on and their struggle to survive as they uncover the island's secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile, \"The Mysterious Island is considered by many to be Jules Verne's masterpiece. \"Wide-eyed mid-nineteenth-century humanistic optimism in a breezy, blissfully readable translation by Stump\" (\"Kirkus Reviews), here is the enthralling tale of five men and a dog who land in a balloon on a faraway, fantastic island of bewildering goings-on and their struggle to survive as they uncover the island's secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJordan Stump\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of French at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and translator of more than half a dozen French novels. His translation of Nobel Prize-winning novelist Claude Simon's \u003ci\u003eLe jardin des plantes\u003c\/i\u003e won the French-American Foundation Translation Prize for 2001. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaleb Carr\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Alienist\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Lessons of Terror\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 672\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 8.01 x 5.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mysterious Island\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 41\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759152595232,"sku":"9780812966428","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/57f73602d0fb042c84408e5080acbf2c.webp?v=1780143610","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-mysterious-island-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}