Who Was Jules Verne? (Who Was?)

by James Buckley (Author) Gregory Copeland (Illustrator)

Who Was Jules Verne? (Who Was?)
Reading Level: 4th – 5th Grade
Series: Who Was?
Meet the father of science fiction, Jule Verne.

Born in France in 1829, Jules Verne always dreamed of adventure. At age 11, he snuck onboard a ship headed for the Indies only to be discovered by his father and have his dreams dashed. After his father made him swear to only travel "in his imagination," Verne kept his promise for the rest of his life. He began writing adventure stories as a young man and became a popular writer throughout France. Known for mixing scientific discovery and literature in his books like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days, Verne is often called "The Father of Science Fiction."

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James Buckley
James Buckley Jr. is a prolific author of nonfiction for young readers, with more than 150 books to his credit (and still typing!). He is the author of more than a dozen titles in The New York Times' best-selling "Who Was...?" biography series, including the Wright Brothers, Milton Hershey, Betsy Ross, Jules Verne, and Blackbeard. Buckley has written more than thirty DK Readers on a wide variety of topics, plus two recent long-form bios of Adolf Hitler and Bonnie and Clyde for Aladdin Books. For Spring 2019, he created the first book in a new series for Aladdin--a bio of astronaut Michael Collins. Buckley is the co-author of Time Inc./Liberty Street's "X-Why-Z" series and wrote and produced the Animal Planet Animal Atlas for Liberty Street. A former editor at Sports Illustrated and the National Football League, he lives in Santa Barbara, California, where he runs a successful book producing company.

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Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780448488509
Lexile Measure
930L
Guided Reading Level
R
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication date
June 20, 2016
Series
Who Was?
BISAC categories
JNF007030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Literary
Library of Congress categories
19th century
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiograp
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Europ
Verne, Jules
Authors, French

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