Mini Classics. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Adventure
Classics

The world’s most beloved classics, retold in shorter, simpler versions.

What lies beneath the surface of the oceans? Professor Aronnax, together with his loyal servant Conseil and the harpooner Ned Land, sets sail aboard a frigate to uncover the truth about a mysterious sea monster. But what they discover is far more extraordinary: the Nautilus, an incredibly advanced submarine, and its enigmatic commander, Captain Nemo. Thus begins an adventurous journey through the mysteries of the deep—sunken cities, giant creatures, and unexpected dangers—leading to profound questions about freedom and the pursuit of knowledge.

  • One of the most celebrated scientific and maritime adventures in world literature, retold in an accessible edition for young readers.
  • Adapted by Davide Morosinotto, one of Italy’s most acclaimed and widely translated children’s authors.
Publisher: Edizioni EL
Target: 8-10
Year: 2014
Author
Davide Morosinotto

An author whose books have been translated into 25 languages, in Italy Davide Morosinotto won the Super Andersen Prize in 2017 with Il Rinomato Catalogo Walker&Dawn (The Pocket Watch Gang), Mondadori, and the Strega Children’s Prize 2021 with La Più Grande (The Greatest), Rizzoli, with which he also entered the IBBY Honour List 2021. A finalist at the prestigious Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis and winner of the Penzberger Urmel in Germany, he has also won the Prix des Bouquineurs en Seine and the Grand Prix des Lecteurs du Journal de Mickey in France, the Vlag en Wimpel and the Zilveren Griffel in Holland, the KJV in Flanders, the Protagonista Jove prize in Catalonia and he was nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2022 in the United Kingdom.

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