Kidnapped / Robert Louis Stevenson ; adapted by Deborah Kestel ; edited by Malvina G. Vogel
By: Stevenson, Robert Louis [author].
Contributor(s): Kestel, Deborah [adapter] | Vogel, Malvina G [editor].
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BookSeries: Great illustrated classics.Publisher: New York : Baronet Books, [1992]Description: 236 pages : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Kidnapping -- Fiction | Action and adventureGenre/Form: Action and adventure fictionSummary: This is a classic adventure novel about a teenage boy called David Balfour set in 18th century Scotland. At the start of the book David leaves his home in the countryside, following his father's death, to take a letter of introduction from his father to his uncle. He walks for 2 days before arriving at his uncle's huge but neglected house near Edinburgh. His uncle is a miserly, unpopular old man who does not make David feel at all welcome. He acts very suspiciously and David deduces that his uncle may be keeping his inheritance from him.
When his uncle takes him down to the port to arrange a business deal, David gets bashed on the head and wakes up to find that his uncle has sold him to a ship's captain to be sold as a slave in America. David's life takes a turn for the better when the ship crashes into another boat and sinks it and they have to rescue the only survivor, Alan Breck.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Book | Main Library Fiction Area | Fiction | Fic St848k 1992 (Browse shelf) | Available | 103614d |
This is a classic adventure novel about a teenage boy called David Balfour set in 18th century Scotland. At the start of the book David leaves his home in the countryside, following his father's death, to take a letter of introduction from his father to his uncle. He walks for 2 days before arriving at his uncle's huge but neglected house near Edinburgh. His uncle is a miserly, unpopular old man who does not make David feel at all welcome. He acts very suspiciously and David deduces that his uncle may be keeping his inheritance from him.
When his uncle takes him down to the port to arrange a business deal, David gets bashed on the head and wakes up to find that his uncle has sold him to a ship's captain to be sold as a slave in America. David's life takes a turn for the better when the ship crashes into another boat and sinks it and they have to rescue the only survivor, Alan Breck.
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