Five Union prisoners escape the American Civil War by balloon and are marooned on an uncharted Pacific island, where their ingenuity and a hidden benefactor help them survive.
Books mentioned in The Mysterious Island (1)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne: “They escaped, and a book has appeared under the title of 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,' which contains your history."”
Books that mention The Mysterious Island (3)
Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec: “a chest carved with designs illustrating the principal scenes of The Mysterious Island: the landing of the balloon... the miraculous finding of Cyrus Smith”
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón: “'Say no more, for here I have none other than Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island, a tale of high adventure'”
The Disappearers by Marlon James: “looked like he just walked right off the pages of The Mysterious Island into our school”