Around the World in Eighty Days

Publisher Marketing: Because of a bet by his friends, Phileas sets out to get all the way around the world in eighty days. Phileas is a rich man, but also very precise about his life. He wants everything done the way he likes and will get rid of anyone who does not do that. The wager starts when he is at a local club and begins an argument about whether a person could get all the way around the world in such a short period of time. He believes he can because a new railroad has been opened in India. Because he is so sure of his mathematical figures, he takes the wager and sets off with his new valet. He has a carefully planned route for them to travel by steamer boat and railroad. Their itinerary includes crossing the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean and also across several continents. What he does not plan on is that a bank robber left England at the same time they did and a detective mistakes Phileas for the robber and follows them. Along the way, Phileas bribes people to rush their trip, they rescue a woman about to be sacrificed, ride elephants and miss their boats. They lose a few days and have to rush to make up the lost time. When they finally get to San Francisco, their adventure really speeds up! They encounter a big herd of buffalo and are also attacked by Sioux Indians. All the while, Phileas is still trying to make up lost time and get back to England in eighty days. Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1996 (EAN 9780304317691, Hardcover) School Library Journal 05/01/2007 pg. 100 (EAN 9780836876628, Library Binding) School Library Journal 07/01/2005 (EAN 9780307206824, Compact Disc) Kliatt 09/01/2005 pg. 44 (EAN 9780307206824, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Booklist Editors Choice/Media 01/01/2006 pg. 18 (EAN 9780307206824, Compact Disc) School Library Journal 07/01/2005 (EAN 9780307206282, Analog Audio Cassette) Booklist Editors Choice/Media 01/01/2006 pg. 18 (EAN 9780307206282, Analog Audio Cassette) School Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 70 (EAN 9781400101313, Compact Disc) Ingram Paperback Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 63 (EAN 9780451529770, Mass Market Paperbound) Publishers Weekly 02/14/2005 (EAN 9780307206428, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Entertainment Weekly 07/06/2004 pg. 94 (EAN 9780140449068, Paperback) Kirkus Review - Children 05/01/1996 pg. 696 (EAN 9780670869176, Hardcover) School Library Journal 07/01/1996 pg. 101 (EAN 9780670869176, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1996 pg. 302 (EAN 9780670869176, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1990 (EAN 9780670869176, Hardcover) Kirkus Review - Children 05/01/1996 pg. 696 (EAN 9780670867936, Paperback) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 950 (EAN 9780192837783, Paperback) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 952 (EAN 9780192837783, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Verne, Jules Jules Verne was a French writer and pioneer of the science fiction genre through novels like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, and The Mysterious Island. A visionary, Verne wrote about air, space, and underwater travel long before the ability to travel in these realms was invented, and his works remain amongst the most translated, most continually reprinted, and most widely read books of all time. Jules Verne died in 1905 having paved the way for future science fiction writers and enthusiasts.