During the U S Civil War, Union POWs /]: $e(sca [pe in a balloon and \end u;!p stranded on a Sou;:t\.h Pacifi*]c isla=`nd, inhabited-) b; )y +-giant plants an` d animals. %[+T:^hey must;?` use their!\ #ingenuity +]t?=*o su;.rv+!ive t(: he dangers, and to ! ;
d% evise a+[ way! to re% t_* urn=`+ home. Sequel to^% '20,0=/)00 L-)?ea`gue^s: Un?_der  the Se,%a' ._ Writt`@en b@#y(
Stewart M. Clamen 　　_+ In 1865,^= during th;,e siege
of Richmond, Virgin) ia, the union ( soldiers P\ OW  C$
aptain Harding, ^;Neb^; a [nd Herbert escape in -a balloon during a storm ^^%wit,h $.two -!conf*e@@der*@ate .+==pr]i
#soner:s, _Serg#?/% ea n-# t P: e_;ncroft and the  +,journalis
,(#t Spilett.]@% *^The u[::ncontrollable:$ wi?+,nd takes !the balloon : to a mysterious is= land in ?the South Pacif.ic in t, :%he =area of Ne#w Zealand. Captai)?[n Har=,=!ding ]*s!elf-p$!roclaims t?he leader of t,#]he group !] and t$hey look for food; soo-= )ner they [@dis$\cover that t;=%hey ^are stranded in=)
an). island. F.@urt.$[her, they are_, a=tt%?acked by a %giant crab that b+=ecomes their first meal. Al#ong th:e days, they build a shelter and finds that ] ]t;#he* island is i)\nhabit?%ed `,by giant animals. ) A- couple of days ? la =ter, th^! ey \?:#fi n^*d two c*astaways on@ th=@!e bea
/:_ch, t he \_aristocratic Lady M+!ary Fai]$r
$ ;ch(+ild and her s:e([@,xy !
@niece  +Elena?. Later they fin* d%% a trunk with weapo:ns and ins] tr: umen,:ts l%ike se ;xtant \,and sh-? el ter[ with -a journal$@  of a /^
*[man le*ft alone in the isla^ nd by pira
tes. W.hen t

]he p?=@ir.#ate ves(!(sel # arrives@%  in th[

e\#  \`island, they are h+=elped by/- :-Ca .ptain N\em^??_o +.]of the Nau -^tilus, a su^.bmarine that ha!.)d supposedly- sunk @in * the coast of Mex ico eight year-s ago. Nemo is f# 
amous$ as //th#e man (*that^ tried to 
* e( nd str ike@ among m$an. When!% the`! %+volca_] no begins^( activity,:`% t)he=!y need to le))ave the (isl`;@and/% to ;!)^save their  lives. Written b y Claudi@o Carvalho, Ri
(o de Janei.ro, B#razil