Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

Far from the Madding Crowd

Five Weeks in a Balloon

The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King

The Prisoner of Cell 25: Michael Vey

Half Brother

The Ice Monster

The Akhenaten Adventure: Children of the Lamp

Foundation Classics

Tarzan of the Apes is a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs that tells the story of a young boy named John Clayton, born to English aristocrats Lord and Lady Greystoke. After his parents die in the African jungle, he is adopted and raised by a tribe of apes. Named 'Tarzan' by the apes, he grows up with the traits and instincts of his primate family, yet he also discovers his human heritage through a book left by his parents. Tarzan becomes an expert in the jungle, developing physical prowess and survival skills. His life changes when he encounters other humans, including Jane Porter, with whom he falls in love. Tarzan's dual identity as both an ape-man and a human aristocrat leads to a struggle to reconcile his wild upbringing with the expectations of human society. The novel explores themes of nature versus nurture, civilization versus savagery, and the essence of what it means to be human.

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Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

Edgar Rice Burroughs, R.A. Salvatore, 1996

Far from the Madding Crowd

Pauline Francis, Thomas Hardy, 2018

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Verne Jules, 1863

The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King

Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate, 2017

The Prisoner of Cell 25: Michael Vey

Richard Paul Evans, 2011

Half Brother

Kenneth Oppel, 2010

The Ice Monster

David Walliams, Tony Ross, 2018

The Akhenaten Adventure: Children of the Lamp

P.B. Kerr, 2004