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2023.
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Based on a true story, the author humorously recounts the time his grandfather got stranded with a friend on Surtsey, a brand new volcanic island in Iceland. The adventurers face epic challenges like molten lava, melted eyeglasses and scant supplies before finally getting rescued. Graphic novel-like layouts and spirited text invite readers to search for the one thing that's not actually true in this thrilling yet light-hearted tale of adventure. Endnotes...
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"As one of the many installments in Jules Verne's Voyage Extraordinaire series, Journey to the Center of the Earth promises high stakes and thrilling adventure. When Professor Otto Lidenbrock bought an ancient runic manuscript, which chronicles the lives of Norwegian Kings, he did not expect to learn of anything but the history of Icelandic leaders. However, upon further inspection, Lidenbrock and his nephew, Axel, find that the manuscript includes...
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2019.
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There is a legend that if the ravens at the Tower of London ever leave then Britain will fall, so when somebody steals the birds, the Queen calls for Mac B. to find the thief and retrieve them--a mission that takes him to Iceland, where he encounters secret submarines, hungry polar bears, and his arch-nemesis from the KGB.
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[2020]
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"When Evie Perez is cut off from everything she loves and forced to move to Iceland for the summer, she takes her canvas and paintbrushes into the picturesque cherry orchard behind her guesthouse. She stains her lips with stolen cherries in the midnight sun and paints a boy she's never met. Oskar is startled to discover Evie in his family's orchard, and even more surprised to see himself on her canvas. Too ashamed to reveal his stutter, he remains...
8) Runaway pony
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Island pony volume 2
Pub. Date
2005
Description
While Anna is training her Icelandic pony to walk with a halter and lead, a noisy tractor frightens him and she must work to earn back his trust.
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Ms. Frogbottom's field trips volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
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When Ms. Frogbottom's class takes a trip to Iceland, they run into sneaky elves and trolls who play tricks on them. Then the magic map disappears--or was it stolen? Can the class find the map or will they be stuck in Iceland forever?
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Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 25
Pub. Date
[2017]
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When one of the Thea Sisters' favorite mystery writers goes missing, the five mice travel to the author's native Iceland, where they reconstruct the dangerous plot of his latest novel in the icy terrain to piece together clues.
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2005.
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"The intrepid Professor Lindenbrock embarks upon the strangest expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the Earth's very core. In his quest to penetrate the planet's primordial secrets, the geologist - together with his quaking nephew Axel and their devoted guide, Hans - discovers an astonishing subterranean menagerie of prehistoric proportions. Verne's imaginative tale is at once the ultimate science fiction...
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