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Four men aboard a boat find the titular strange manuscript in a cylindar floating in the sea. It turns out to be the story of Adam More, a sailor stranded in a savage hidden country in Antarctica. In this "nation" are everything from cannibals to kings and the bizarre citizens love death and poverty as other nations love life and prosperity. Can Adam escape...?
Is A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
Victorian-era adventure featuring a sailor stranded in a bizarre Antarctic civilization that inverts Western values, including cannibalism as cultural practice. Violence is period-appropriate and not graphic, but the cultural elements may disturb younger readers.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include death, cannibalism, and cultural violence.
Who'll love this
Teens fascinated by lost civilizations and Victorian exploration tales will enjoy this strange journey into a world where everything is backwards.