Beach, Beach, Beach - Summer Classic Reads

Summer is a great time to catch up with classic stories. Here are two great classic titles to read on the beach:

The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne
Based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile, The Mysterious Island is considered by many to be Jules Verne’s masterpiece. Here is the enthralling tale of five men and a dog who land in a balloon on a faraway, fantastic island of bewildering goings-on and their struggle to survive as they uncover the island’s secret.
Check this book out from BPL.

The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemmingway
Santiago, a Cuban fisherman and a veteran of 84 years at sea, encounters a giant marlin. He manages to get his hooks into the fish, but the marlin drags the old man's rickety little boat out to sea for two days. But Santiago finally harpoons the beast, fastens it to the side of his boat and starts back for land. But now he has to contend with a new peril -- a school of sharks that follows him and attacks his boat with the marlin fastened to its side.
Check this book out from BPL.