The Giant Raft

"The Giant Raft" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1881. When ranch owner Joam Garral agrees to travel down the Amazon River to Belém for his daughter's wedding, he must also confront a dark secret from his past. Pursued by accusations of a crime he didn't commit, Joam faces a sinister blackmailer who holds the only proof of his innocence—encrypted in a mysterious letter that must be decoded before time runs out. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Originally issued 2002-02-01. This work is in the public domain in the United States. Sourced from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3091).