Journey to the Centre of the Earth (by Jules Verne)
common sense media says
Classic requires patience and a large vocabulary.
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What parents need to know
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.
Violence:
Several injuries through accidents.
Sex:
Not applicable.
Language:
Not applicable.
Consumerism:
Not applicable.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
Adults drink wine and gin, and one smokes a pipe.
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Swit Swat
kid, 12 years old
kid, 12 years old
An old classic will torture you with unknown words!
Okay, first of all this book makes no sense. Since it was made in the 1800s it has a lot of confusing words that are mostly unknown to people in our time. The storyline is really boring. A large chunk of the book is about trying to figure out what a cryptic code means, which is just a message saying to go to the center of the Earth. Again it is a really confusing book so it might not be good for kids under 12. 12 year olds have a little more patience.
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heat
teen, 16 years old
teen, 16 years old
its good
it is a great adventure it loks interesting for the yougsters
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zorba1994
teen, 16 years old
teen, 16 years old
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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madelineshadowrose
teen, 13 years old
teen, 13 years old
annoying book
This is horrable the main charecter is a whining jerk who we don't even know his NAME it keeps swicing from Harry to Henry and back again don't bother
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