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Violence
Some
Some adventure violence including animal hunts and conflict; appropriate for the classic adventure genre
Language
None
No profanity; period adventure prose throughout
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Mild; the challenges of survival create tension without psychological distress
What this book is about
Five Union prisoners escape from Richmond in a balloon and land on a remote Pacific island, where they must build civilization from scratch using only their knowledge and ingenuity. Jules Verne's sweeping adventure novel connects to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days, delivering practical engineering wonder alongside high adventure. Clean content suitable for all ages.
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