The Mysterious Island is a graded reader in easy English for young readers and English learners, adapted from Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel. The story follows a group of men who escape during the American Civil War in a hot-air balloon and find themselves stranded on a remote island, where survival depends on knowledge, courage and cooperation. As they build shelter, search for food, explore the island and face unexplained events, the book introduces Verne’s familiar themes of invention, curiosity and human resourcefulness in a simplified form. This Step by Step edition combines accessible English with Hebrew explanations of selected words, making the novel suitable for readers who want to improve their English while entering a story of mystery, discovery and life far from civilization.
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Oferim
Pages: 64
Original language: French
Original title: L’Île mystérieuse