What a stunning discovery: an old, coded note that actually contains directions for reaching the Earth`s very core! And once he finds it, renowned geologist Professor Liedenbrock can`t 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 Iceland`s frozen tundra far down into fantastic underground prehistoric worlds and back up again through the fires of an erupting volcano.