The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne [Mysterious Island #1]

THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND is the first book in the 'Mysterious Island' trilogy (THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, ABANDONED, THE SECRET OF THE ISLAND), and is related to 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA and THE SEARCH FOR THE CASTAWAYS.

THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND follows the adventures of five American prisoners of war on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. Begining in the American Civil War, as famine and death ravage the city of Richmond, Virginia, five northern POWs decide to escape in a stolen balloon. They eventually reach a remote island in the south Pacific and soon discover that a person or persons unknown is helping them to survive.