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Upcoming 8th Grade:
Select one of the following books to read, take notes on each chapter, and
bring into school the first full week of school. You will be given a
comprehensive test on the material.
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne , "In the year 1866
the whole maritime population of Europe and America was excited by a
mysterious and inexplicble phenomenon..."
Synopsis: "A huge sea monster has attacked and wrecked several ships
from beneath the sea. Professor Arronax bravely joins a mission to hunt down
the beast.He goes aboard the Nautilus, a secret submarine helmed by the
mysterious Captain Nemo. At first, the mission is exciting, as Nemo takes
Arronax on a voyage around the underwater world. But when things start to go
wrong, Arronax finds there's no escape from the Nautilus. He is now Captain
Nemo's captive--20,000 leagues under the sea!"
"From the Earth to the Moon"
By: Jules Verne
Synopsis: Written almost a century before the daring flights of the
astronauts, Jules Verne's prophetic novel of man's race to the stars is a
classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen.
When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any
urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, their president, Impey
Barbicane, proposes that they build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to
the moon. But when Barbicane's adversary places a huge wager that the
project will fail and a daring volunteer elevates the mission to a "manned"
flight, one man's dream turns into an international space race.
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