Treasure Island

Treasure Island - Hardcover

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Treasure Island

Treasure Island - Hardcover

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Book Overview

by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Timothy Meis (Abridged by), N. C. Wyeth (Illustrator)

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate adventure that has thrilled readers for over a hundred years.

Masterfully crafted, Treasure Island is a stunning yarn of piracy on the fiery tropic seas--an unforgettable tale of treachery that embroils a host of legendary swashbucklers, from honest young Jim Hawkins, to sinister, two-timing Israel Hands, to evil incarnate, blind Pew. But above all, Treasure Island is a complex study of good and evil, as embodied by that hero-villain Long John Silver, the merrily unscrupulous buccaneer-rogue whose greedy quest for gold cannot help but win the heart of every soul who ever longed for romance, treasure, and adventure.

Author Biography

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) spent his childhood in Edinburgh, Scotland, but traveled widely in the United States and throughout the South Seas. He was author of many novels, including The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped, The Black Arrow, and Treasure Island.

N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945) began his artistic career as a young adult. Born in Needham, Massachusetts, Wyeth traveled the American West extensively and drew what he saw. His prolific career includes three thousand works and more than one hundred book illustrations, including those for a majority of the Scribner Illustrated Classics series.
Number of Pages: 64
Dimensions: 0.5 x 11.6 x 10.1 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: July 01, 2003
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Treasure Island (Abridged)
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 2
ISBN9780689854682
Author Robert Louis Stevenson
PublisherAtheneum Books for Young Readers
GenreChildren
FormatHardcover
PublishedJuly 2003
LanguageENG- English
Pages64
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids and Teens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Robert Louis Stevenson

Throughout his life, Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was plagued by ill health, which interrupted his formal education at Edinburgh University. Pursuing the life of a bohemian during his twenties and thirties, he traveled around Europe and formed the basis of his first two books, An Inland Journey (1878) and Travels with a Donkey (1879). Stevenson gained his first popular success with Treasure Island (1883). The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which sold forty thousand copies in six months, and Kidnapped appeared in 1886, followed by The Black Arrow (1888) and The Master of Ballantrae (1889). In 1888, he set out with his family for the South Seas, traveling to the leper colony at Molokai, and finally settling in Samoa, where he died.

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