By David Wu
Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction
Age Range: 12 - 18
Summary: 5 Americans and a dog escaped from the prisoner war camp by a hot air balloon during the Civil War. The air balloon landed finally on an uninhabited island in the Southern Pacific Ocean. The six newcomers used their broad knowledge, utilized the resources and worked together to generally build the island into a technologically advanced human civilization. They built a large house, trained a monkey and even rescued a man on the nearby island during the period. One day, they found that the volcano on this island was about to erupt. Are they going to survive?
If you enjoy reading books like Robinson Crusoe or watching documentaries of Bear Grylls, I highly suggest you read this because this book, whether in its style, its format and even the techniques used, are really similar to those books and movies. This book is written by Jules Verne, who is a famous French writer. This book also has some connections in its plot with his other books, Twenty thousand leagues under the sea and In Search of the Castaways. In general, this book illustrated and promoted the unity and hardworking of people, which is a good book for students to read.
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