Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne

Phileas Fogg wagered half his fortune that he can travel around the world in eighty days, crossing jungles, deserts, mountains, oceans -- all the while being pursued by a bounty hunter determined to stop him.

Book Summary (208 pages)
Category: Adventure
Theme: Tolerance, technology
Setting: Europe, Asia, Japan, America

Related Studies: World geography, railroads, Gandhi, Hinduism, Mormonism, Suez Canal, drug abuse
Enrichment/Writing Focus: Logic, fallacies, persuasive writing

This is a fun story to read, combining action, humor and challenging vocabulary. Although TLP is a literature program, this study includes a geography section.