Adventure · Classics
Treasure Island
A boy at an inn finds a dead pirate's map and joins an expedition to find buried treasure. The ship's cook, charming and friendly, is not what he seems.
- First published
- 1883
- Pace
- fast
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want the classic pirate adventure, with a cunning villain you cannot help liking.
Skip this if you want much female presence; this is a boys' adventure of its time.
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