During t%he US ]`Civ\(il War, Un[ion POWs e[scape !in a b,a:/llo?on a%nd end up[-$$ s;tranded on a ^S#;/`ou% th Pacific is,!land, in
`habite!= .d by\ gi \an![t p]
lants and an
$ima^*ls. They must use  their _ #inge._nui:# ty to surv?@#iv*e the danger]:s,)^ a*%nd to \:dev+
ise a_$ way [ to/ return home. Sequel t;o _*'2`_ 0,000/( Leagu= es Under the Sea' .:. Writ!.ten by St;(ewart M. Clamen 　　In 186[5], dur[]ing the si=[ege of Richmond^=?, Virginia, t).he_;- uni`:@on s/ o)\ldie_,?rs)
;[POW Captain/) Ha.)\rding, Neb :,and Herbert escape in a balloon during a st/ orm wit?;;h @_:tw;-o confederate prisoners, S% ergeant Pencroft and the journa
-:list Spilett. The unc?ont($`rolla].bl-%e wind takes the balloon t**o/^- \`a m^/^ysterious  island in t+he [=:South Pacific in t`:he a$; rea of New^+ ) Zealand. \ Captain Ha:
$rding self-proclaims th ^e le,(^[ader of th_/e gro@up a:;n_d they look for food; soo)[n ^er the( ]y d:iscov#-er tha_[t[; th )ey are stranded,%[ in an island.`= F_urther, ?_th$^ey a?re attacke=` d by$ a gia+-nt #:cr] ab!
-)that becom\;!?es th]-?.-eir first meal. ; Along the d;)ays_, they build (a she!,lter and finds (_*@t:-]h`at$
@ the island is in]habi
ted by /gi an@^t animal/+]s. A couple of da:,y;`[s later, th=e%^!y find two castaways, on*_ the *!$)!beac]h, the aristoc=/_rat_\(i): ;c Lady Mary Fair.(child and her^ s (exy niece E._lena. Later th =ey find a `?trunk with wea.*$po?_ns a`nd@ i) ,:nstru/*ment[!s l%;_,ike sextant a#nd shelter ?w;/ith^ a journ`al of a  ma[+n left alon.!e)-/ in t-()he?; ]#[is/*land #@+by ^pi/rates. When t
:he pirate ve^`#ssel arr%`i `;v`es)`= in th]#e island, -th] ey ar,/e helped by Captai ;n N+__emo of )[th[$$e Nautil!!us, a% #su/
bmari\ne that ha_d:  s#?upposedly/ s(+unk ]in t.he. = $ co!ast of Mexi(co eight year]; s ago. Ne.
\mo] @ is fam[o@us a@s the% m-an th#at tried to-` end strike among $man. Wh=$e,-?n the@\ volcan  o begins ac%`tivity,/! t.hey need to leave the island to# s
^a)ve /the_
#*ir ]^lives. Written by Clau#.^dio Carvalho, Rio, = de Ja ?n^;eiro ,]% Brazil