What a stunning discovery: an old, coded note that actually contains directions for reaching the Earths very core! And once he finds it, renowned geologist Professor Liedenbrock cant resist setting out with his 16-year-old nephew to go where only one man has gone before. Jules Verne takes young readers on one of the most incredible journeys ever imagined, from Icelands frozen tundra far down into fantastic underground prehistoric worlds and back up again through the fires of an erupting volcano.