From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round It

An 1865 translated French science fiction novel by Jules Verne in two parts, following members of a Baltimore Gun Club who build a giant cannon to launch a projectile carrying passengers to the moon, and their journey around it.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic science fiction and fantasy›Space travel and other planets›The Moon

Reader

Teens›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic science fiction and fantasy›Space travel and other planets