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Text © 2006 Lisa Church

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Cover illustrations © 2023 Karl James Mountford

Interior illustrations © 2023 Union Square & Co., LLC

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ISBN 978-1-4549-4226-9

ISBN 978-1-4549-6392-9 (e-book)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Church, Lisa R., 1960– author. | Mountford, Karl James, illustrator. | Studio Muti (Firm), illustrator. | Verne, Jules, 1828–1905. Vingt mille lieues sous les mers.

Title: Twenty thousand leagues under the sea / retold from the Jules Verne original by Lisa Church ; cover illustrated by Karl James Mountford ; interior illustrated by MUTI.

Description: New York : Union Square Kids, 2023. | Series: Classic starts | Summary: “Professor Aronnax embarks on an underwater exploration, only to be captured by Captain Nemo, the head of a submarine with a mysterious backstory”— Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023000856 | ISBN 9781454942269 (hardcover)

Subjects: CYAC: Sea stories. | Science fiction. | Submarines (Ships)—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Classics | JUVENILE FICTION /Science Fiction / General | LCGFT: Sea fiction. | Science fiction. | Novels.

Classification: LCC PZ7.C4703 Aae 2023 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023000856

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Interior illustrations by MUTI

Interior design by Liam Donnelly

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

PART I

CHAPTER 1

Monster or Man

CHAPTER 2

Find the Beast

CHAPTER 3

Sinking, but Saved

CHAPTER 4

Two Strangers

CHAPTER 5

The Nautilus

CHAPTER 6

The Start of an Adventure

CHAPTER 7

The Walk

CHAPTER 8

A Few Days on Land

CHAPTER 9

A Safe Resting Place

PART II

CHAPTER 10

A Sea of Treasures

CHAPTER 11

A Plan for Escape

CHAPTER 12

Strange Happenings

CHAPTER 13

The Escape

CHAPTER 14

A Walk in the Rain

CHAPTER 15

The Coal Mine

CHAPTER 16

The Hunt

CHAPTER 17

The South Pole

CHAPTER 18

Stranded

CHAPTER 19

Air Supply

CHAPTER 20

The Final Escape

What Do You Think?

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