{"product_id":"the-mysterious-island-9780812966428","title":"The Mysterious Island","description":"Based 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jules Verne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.18w x 1.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812966428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e79594 \/ Mysterious Island\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jules Verne \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48641379139741,"sku":"9780812966428","price":27.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_00992f93-57e3-4609-b0c1-a4f8e10e439c.jpg?v=1784107946","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-mysterious-island-9780812966428","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}