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Treasure Island
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While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger.
232 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1,1977
This edition
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232 pages, Library Binding
- Published
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January 1, 2006 by Spotlight
- ISBN
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9781577658054
- ASIN
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1577658051
- Language
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English
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Read this with my 7 year old. He seemed to like the story, but the language is written too highly for a child too enjoy, and too simply for an adult to enjoy. I think the author tried to hard to incorporate some of the original verbiage, when in reality they should’ve just rewritten it entirely as a children’s novel. It’s a good way to be exposed to a classic, but there are honestly much better children’s adventure novels out there.
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Rules for writing a great book:
Someone near and dear needs to die.
There can be no going back – it is crash through or crash time.
Some of the good guys have to have near fatal flaws – some of the bad guys need to be damn charming. Oh Long John Silver, what a great character.
Mortal danger – lots and lots of mortal danger.
And the most frightening character in the book needs to be someone who would normally be the least frightening. No wonder Tom Waits talks about the tap, tap, tap of a blind man’s cane – I just didn’t realise he was quoting Stevenson.
What a romp, what a read, what a book. What a pity I waited until I was 45 to read it.
In high school, when I was a bit obsessed with Lord of the Flies I was told that book was based on this book. What seems virtually certain is that they are both set on the same island. I should go back and double check at some stage.
Someone near and dear needs to die.
There can be no going back – it is crash through or crash time.
Some of the good guys have to have near fatal flaws – some of the bad guys need to be damn charming. Oh Long John Silver, what a great character.
Mortal danger – lots and lots of mortal danger.
And the most frightening character in the book needs to be someone who would normally be the least frightening. No wonder Tom Waits talks about the tap, tap, tap of a blind man’s cane – I just didn’t realise he was quoting Stevenson.
What a romp, what a read, what a book. What a pity I waited until I was 45 to read it.
In high school, when I was a bit obsessed with Lord of the Flies I was told that book was based on this book. What seems virtually certain is that they are both set on the same island. I should go back and double check at some stage.
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One of these days, I'll get around to reading the original classics instead of adaptations such as these books and the Wishbone novels...
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Just finished reading this classic adventure story to my twin 7 year olds.
When I was a boy, the original unabridged version of this story caught my eye and I read it along with Kidnapped, Ivanhoe and various classic adventure novels. Iremembered it fondly but the individual details had faded with time.
It was a perfect choice to read to the kids. They liked the pirates and Jim Hawkins role in the adventure from his thrilling fight with Israel Hands to has role in freeing the ship and obtaining the treasure This version, with its illustrations is very good for kids because they can follow along with the story.
And its a great story with a pirate map, treasure, mutiny, pirates, gun battles and the like.
My kids have been exposed to the internet in some small ways, and movies and television, but this classic adventure novel still left them thrilled and we polished it off in a few short days.
There are plenty of books out there for kids to read but sometimes the old classics have not lost their touch.
When I was a boy, the original unabridged version of this story caught my eye and I read it along with Kidnapped, Ivanhoe and various classic adventure novels. Iremembered it fondly but the individual details had faded with time.
It was a perfect choice to read to the kids. They liked the pirates and Jim Hawkins role in the adventure from his thrilling fight with Israel Hands to has role in freeing the ship and obtaining the treasure This version, with its illustrations is very good for kids because they can follow along with the story.
And its a great story with a pirate map, treasure, mutiny, pirates, gun battles and the like.
My kids have been exposed to the internet in some small ways, and movies and television, but this classic adventure novel still left them thrilled and we polished it off in a few short days.
There are plenty of books out there for kids to read but sometimes the old classics have not lost their touch.
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The adventures of Jim Hawkins on a treasure hunt with a bunch of pirates!
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The boys loved this story. It was very accessible with this version and the illustrations kept their attention!
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This is one of my favorites. It's great!!
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