Robert Louis Stevenson
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Language
English
Description
An innkeeper's son finds a treasure map that leads him to a pirate's fortune. Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. "Treasure Island" has enthralled readers for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are pieces of folklore for as long as children read Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. Illustrations.
3) Kidnapped
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Language
English
Description
Kidnapped was written as a boys' novel and was first published in Young Folks magazine in 1886. It is an historical fiction story set in Scotland and written in English with some Lowland Scot dialogue. Kidnapped is set around real 18th-century Scottish events, notably the "Appin murder", which occurred in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Many of the characters are real people, including one of the principals, Alan Breck Stewart. The political...
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Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
A generous and remarkable young prince, together with his loyal and brave servant, find more adventure than they bargained for in The Suicide Club, Robert Louis Stevenson's engrossing trilogy of short stories about a bizarre club for people with a strong desire to end their lives.
In these interrelated tales, Prince Florizel of Bohemia and his aide, Colonel Geraldine, travel incognito through some of the most dangerous haunts of 19th-century
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Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Richard (Dick) Shelton during the Wars of the Roses: how he becomes a knight, rescues his lady Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton. Outlaws in Tunstall Forest organized by Ellis Duckworth, whose weapon and calling card is a black arrow, cause Dick to suspect that his guardian Sir Daniel Brackley and his retainers are responsible for his father's murder. Dick's suspicions are enough...
12) My shadow
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Language
English
Description
An illustrated version of the poem in which a child describes her relationship with her shadow.
13) Block city
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Language
English
Description
A child creates a world of his own which has mountains and sea, a city and ships, all from toy blocks.
14) The black arrow
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Language
English
Description
A young Englishman, seeking to avenge his father's death becomes involved with the Black Arrow gang and the events of The War of the Roses.
19) The moon
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Pictures of a father and child out in the moonlight illustrate Stevenson's poem from A child's garden of verses.