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"Don't you worry, son. Whatever it is that's been killing the sailors, I will kill it." In this science-fiction classic - reimagined by Dave Eggers in modern times, and from the point of view of the fourteen-year-old Consuelo - the famous oceanographer Pierre Arronax sets sail from New York. His aim: to hunt down a mysterious sea-monster which has been terrorising the oceans, wrecking ship after ship and causing countless deaths. But they discover an even stranger truth: the 'sea-monster' is in fact a submarine, captained by Nemo, and he is living in self-imposed exile in international waters. Consuelo and Arronax join Nemo on the submarine, and so begin their exciting adventures...

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• 'Crisply gung-ho' Daily Telegraph
• 'A children's book of the year 2013' Time Out London
• 'Deliciously artful... the best kind of story' Times Literary Supplement

The Story of Captain Nemo

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A Paperback / softback by Dave Eggers, Fabian Negrin

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    Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
    Publication Date: 29/11/2018
    ISBN13: 9781782692089, 978-1782692089
    ISBN10: 1782692088
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    "Don't you worry, son. Whatever it is that's been killing the sailors, I will kill it." In this science-fiction classic - reimagined by Dave Eggers in modern times, and from the point of view of the fourteen-year-old Consuelo - the famous oceanographer Pierre Arronax sets sail from New York. His aim: to hunt down a mysterious sea-monster which has been terrorising the oceans, wrecking ship after ship and causing countless deaths. But they discover an even stranger truth: the 'sea-monster' is in fact a submarine, captained by Nemo, and he is living in self-imposed exile in international waters. Consuelo and Arronax join Nemo on the submarine, and so begin their exciting adventures...

    Trade Review
    • 'Crisply gung-ho' Daily Telegraph
    • 'A children's book of the year 2013' Time Out London
    • 'Deliciously artful... the best kind of story' Times Literary Supplement

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