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Journey to the Centre of the Earth
(1969, Fiction - Science Fiction, Written by Jules Verne)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 11, age appropriate for kids over 13; suggested age 13. -
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Classic requires patience and a large vocabulary.
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for Ages 13 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Parents need to know that there's little of concern here, beyond a few moments of sexism, but the world of 19th-century Europe was definitely a man's world.
Read our full review by Matt Berman
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about whether or not you think this story could be possible. Could there be vast caverns under the Earth, possibly with hidden civilizations? Could there be a giant ocean? Could plants and creatures from a previous epoch have survived down there? What does modern science know for sure about the interior of the planet?
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- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
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- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
A good Classic
A solid read, but may be a bit slow for younger readers. Sex: None (no issue) Violence: Dinosaurs fight in distance of the threesome. A hurricane is tense. The characters almost die of thirst (no issue). Social Behavior: Professor Lidenbrock seems to have no regard for his safety or for that of his companions (safety as in not turning back when they ran out of water) and is portrayed as a little insane(not issue) Alcohol/Drugs: The adventurers take gin with them as their only liquid, expecting to find an underwater stream, Professor Lidenbrock smokes a pipe. (pause) Educational Value: They travel to a place that does not exist, and the book was written with scientific self-assuredly. No-one can survive being inside an active volcano. Also, Verne made many mistakes geographically and geologically when pointing out facts, for example, he mistook the island farthest to the West from Iceland as the one farthest to the East (these are pointed out in the version I got, but maybe not in yours) (PAUSE) Overall: Mature 11-12+ normal 13+ immature or impatient 14-15+. However these ages are just because younger readers would get bored, or not understand it.
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