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![]() ![]() Some are natural, some mechanical, and some human. Accompanied by his gifted but quirky mechanic an abrasive, foppish “minder” who's there to make sure the rules of the wager are followed and an intriguing female reporter, Harry and his crew face many obstacles. His rigid and regimented father has reluctantly agreed to cover the cost of the wager, but there's a condition: if Harry wins, he can pursue his motorcar dreams, but if he loses, he must get serious and pursue a professional career that his father deems more befitting an English gentleman. Free-spirited Harry is determined to prove that the automobile is the transportation mode of the future. There's much more at stake in this challenge than just the &`-pound- 6,000 prize. In 1891, the exuberant young man has bet that he can circle the globe in a steam-powered automobile–the Flash–in 100 days. ![]() Gr 5-8–Phileas Fogg made the voyage in 80 days, and in this imaginative historical adventure his son, Harry Fogg, has made a wager of his own. ![]()
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