Treasure Island (Signet Classics)

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Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. Treasure Islandhas enthralled (and caused slight seasickness) for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are destined to remain pieces of folklore for as long as children want to read Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. With it's dastardly plot and motley crew of rogues and villains, it seems unlikely that children will ever say no to this timeless classic. --Naomi Gesinger

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Discover the classics! Beautifully designed and carefully abridged, Troll Illustrated Classics are the perfect introductions to the world's best-loved literature.

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Pieces of eight, pieces of eight!.......2007-09-04

Treasure Island is the first greatest pirate story of all times. The young and brave Jim Harkins, the scary but honorable Long John Silver, the smart and solid Doctor Livesey. Frankly I could go on and on listing interesting characters, major or otherwise, but let me just say that, having never before read the novel, I totally enjoyed it. It has everything, from a blind beggar to a treasure map to drunken pirates, a parrot, and lots of plotting. Who is with the good guys? Who is with the bad guys? Who is out for themselves? Read and see.

Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03

A tale of pirates, peglegs, parrots, purloining and perfidery and old Blind Pew.

A lost treasure map is wanted by many, who are willing to kill to get it. These men are pirates, and a young lad, Jack Hawkins, and the odd other innocent get caught up in the struggle.

A source of much classic pirate caricature and pretty enjoyable.

Pirates, Parrots and Buried Treasure!.......2007-08-17

By Laura B.

Treasure Island is an amazing story of adventure on the high seas, a tale of betrayal and friendship; an exciting saga of pirates on a search for buried treasure, this is a story that any age group will love. I have only seen Treasure Island movies in the past, and on reading the book I found the story different from what I've known. I am going to tell you a little about the book, I don't want to spoil the story so I won't tell you the entire thing.

The story first tells of how young Jim Hawkins got Captain Flint's Treasure map from Captain Billy Bones. Jim found the map in Billy Bones' sea chest when Jim and his mother were looking through the chest for the money that Bones owed them. Because you see Bones had died during his attempt to escape the evil pirates who were after him. So Jim and his mother had to hurriedly look for the money, and while his mother was trying to count out the right amount of money Jim took Captain Flint's map.

After the pirates attacked the "Admiral Benbow" that was the name of the inn that the Hawkins family owned, Jim goes and gets help from Dr.Livesey and Squire Trelawney and together they board a ship called the Hispaniola and set a course for Treasure Island.

On board Jim becomes friends with the ship's cook Long John Silver (who owns a parrot named Cap'n Flint after the infamous pirate captain), but little does Jim know that Silver is actually a pirate and an ex-member of Captain Flint's crew. Jim soon learns of a sinister plot being made by Silver to steal the treasure that might endanger him and his friends.

I won't say anymore. If you're the type that enjoys stories of pirates, treasure, and a parrot that says "pieces of eight, pieces of eight" you'll have to read the book. You can also read other Robert Louis Stevenson books like Kidnapped which I haven't read but it's supposed to be good, but the book you'll enjoy most is Treasure Island.

Lives up to its reputation as a classic.......2007-05-10

I read to my 11 and 9 year old daughters, a chapter a night and this one was perfect. It's not only a great story line, but allows children to identify with the main character. The graphic scenes describing various altercations between the crew and owners is relevant and realistic.

Shiver me soul.......2007-04-18

This book is at turns dreadfully dull and blood-poundingly enthralling. Be prepared to plow through the mire of overly detailed passages relating tactical events to get to the great character-building climaxes. The people in this story were to me so much more interesting than the plot.

It may be my own deficiency that I wasn't able to enjoy the action in this adventure story, but it seemed to drag on and on, and many times I had to force myself to re-read paragraphs to understand the development of a situation. When it comes to the characters in the book, however, I am transported to a movie set in my mind. I appreciate the impact this book has had on swashbuckling tales and our perception of pirate culture. For that we are indebted to Stevenson's imagination. I'd just rather see the film.

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Simply the best books a young person could have!
Excellent Child Adventure Series
The adventure that started it all
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Five on a Treasure Island (Famous Five)
Enid Blyton
Manufacturer: Hodder Children's Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0340796146

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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03

Must catch these rotters and finish the adventure in time for tea, chaps.

Five on a Treasure Island is the first in a long running series of adventure stories about a group of kids and the odd pet. They stick their noses in, get into trouble, and generally have a good time in a considerably younger Scooby Doo sort of way, even if it is nowhere near as much fun as that.

Simply the best books a young person could have!.......2007-04-27

One wet Saturday afternoon, bored, no TV, I was searching through my mothers old books & came across a plain red hardback copy of this book. I started reading it & was hooked. It has so many great qualities to it. Each of the five have distinctly different personalities so you can identify with someone (in my case George!). Wonderfully written & very engaging. Not only do you explore in the traditional adventure sense but you also explore relationships between friends, interactions with adults, choices, principles & conflicts. In hindsight, as an adult, much more than just a story. Needless to say it became a monthly highlight to go to our local bookstore & purchase the next in the series after exhausting my mothers supply!

Excellent Child Adventure Series.......2006-09-27

Enid Blyton's books are a fantastic way to reach young readers. I read every book I could find by Enid Blyton when I was a child, thankfully, having lived in England to find the copies. As an adult, I have scoured the websites looking for these books as mine are so worn out my kids can't read them. I am very pleased to see now that they are being sold on Amazon. The books are very entertaining as the children face adventure after adventure and solve mysteries. It is a timeless series very equal to Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and the Bobbsey Twins. Although this series featuring Phillip, Dinah, Jack, Lucy and Kiki is my favorite, I strongly recommend reading her MANY other books that are equally entertaining (i.e. The Famous Five series, the Malory Towers series, and for beginning readers, The Secret Seven series).

The adventure that started it all.......2006-09-09

The Famous Five novels by Enid Blyton are a British institution in the United Kingdom and occupy a place in the bookshelves of nearly every self-respecting pre-teen. When I was growing up in the UK I devoured all the Blyton books I could get a hold of and then went onto her Secret Seven and (my all-time favorite) Adventure series.
The format for the books is essentially the same - a band of children get into a series of adventures thwarting criminals and solving mysteries. It's like Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, but imbued with that classic British idiom and that fast-paced, expertly crafted Blyton style that give it an edge over her American counterparts.
The success of the formula is perhaps best demonstrated by the fact that the majority of the Blyton books I read were handed down to me from my mother who had received them as a child herself in the 1940s and 1950s. It's an unusual feeling opening a book and seeing it inscribed to a parent when they were your age. There are 21 stories in the series and 40 years later in the 1980s the series was even continued by French author Claude Voilier (who wrote several continuation novels).
Anyhow, this is the novel that started it all and in it we are introduced to the Famous Five - Julian, Dick, Anne, George, and her dog Tim.
As the novel opens Julian, Dick and Anne arrive at their uncle's for the summer where they are introduced to their cousin - the tomboyish Georgina (or George for short).
Together they set out to investigate the nearby island that belongs to George's mother and run straight into danger and adventure. There is a wreck submerged on the island that suppossibly has a fortune in gold inside, but several dives to the ship have yielded nothing. Then one night a fierce storm whips up and the wreck is brought to the surface.
It's compulsive reading and even as an adult I sometimes have that nostalgic desire to return to a more innocent time and read a Blyton novel.
These books are rather difficult to find in the United States though I was able to track down one online retailer that sells them as a complete set. However, if you want to sample the Famous Five series before putting down your hard earned cash for the entire series, this novel, (or my personal favorite of the series "Five Get into a Fix"), is well worth the expense.
Your children will thank you for it
Incidentally there is a DVD production available in Region 2 of this adventure. In the 1970s a British television series was also produced of the Famous Five adventures, and a second one in the 1990s and a 1981 movie adaptation of the first of the Adventure series (Island of Adventure).

Must Read.......2006-08-25

The first book in the "Famous Five" series by Enid Blyton. I loved this and every single other book in this series. I find all of Blyton's books extremely enjoyable and I owe my love of reading to her. She creates events and places you want to be part of. If you like to read and are between 7 and 12, you will want to try one of her books. You can then look forward to hundreds of other books by her.

The Mystery on Cobbett's Island (Trixie Belden #13)

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TRIXIE BELDEN
Sailing and Treasure Hunts

The Mystery on Cobbett's Island (Trixie Belden #13)
Kathryn Kenny
Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0375830537
Release Date: 2005-07-26

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When the Bob-Whites arrive on Cobbett’s Island for vacation, Trixie finds a mysterious letter. Many years ago, a fortune was hidden. But the clues in the letter are hard for Trixie to understand. What does “start sailing” mean? Is this a treasure hunt on land . . . or on sea?

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TRIXIE BELDEN.......2005-11-24

I've read them all - I own them all. Trixie Belden has been one of my favorites since I was very young.

Sailing and Treasure Hunts.......2005-08-08

When Honey and Jim invited the Bob-Whites to vacation on Cobbett's Island, Trixie announces she just wants to relax. None of her friends believe her, and it turns out they are right. On the night they arrive, a fierce storm hits the island, and the Bob-Whites find a letter in the library of the house they are staying in. It sounds like some money was hidden years ago. But who hid it? Is it still there? And where might they find the map? Meanwhile, they've befriended their neighbor Peter who introduces them to the wonderful sport of sailing. Might his knowledge help them find the money?

I knew this was a favorite in the series, but I had forgotten just how much I enjoyed it until I reread it. Yes, the plot gets a little slow at times, but all in all, it's a lot of fun and comes together in the end for a very satisfying solution. The characters are the best versions of themselves without some of their flaws being over exaggerated like in other books in the series. Even Diana is able to contribute and doesn't come across as a fraidy cat. The only thing that could make it better is if Dan had been able to go.

This adventure in the series is certainly not to be missed.

Treasure Island (The Illus Children's Library)

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A classic my 5 year-old requested - Glad she did.
This version is misleading -- No illustrations
Treasure of literature
For those who've recently gotten the pirate fever....
Treasure Island: Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island (The Illus Children's Library)
Robert Louis Stevenson
Manufacturer: Gramercy
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0517221144
Release Date: 2002-09-03

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As part of the wonderful Collector's Library Series, Treasure Island is one of the best-loved children's classics of all time. This attractive volume contains the complete and unabridged story with 8 full color illustrations, plus numerous black & white illustrations throughout. The deluxe edition features a full piece cloth case, a four color illustrated onlay on the front cover, foil stamping on front and spine, stained edges on three sides, printed endpapers with book plate, and a satin ribbon marker. This book should have an honored place in any child's library.

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A classic my 5 year-old requested - Glad she did........2006-08-18

A chapter a night and it was thrilling. I had never read this or had it read to me as a child. She was enjoying the movie, "Muppets Treasure Island" and was asking about the characters. I mentioned the original book and she wanted me to get it for her - the original with the original pictures. This is what I ordered and she and I have really enjoyed reading this classic.

I have to admit, reading it aloud is a bit of a challenge with the original version, silently is much easier - I don't get tounge-tied. It's been worth the "struglle." She laughs at the old words and asks what they mean. This slows it down a bit -- but adds to her enjoyment and understanding. It makes me happy she takes such an interest in the original version and learning more about the quirky English language.

I would highly recommend this to add to your family's collection.

This version is misleading -- No illustrations.......2005-12-01

Sure, Treasure Island is a great story, but the question you *should* have is which version of this great book should you buy?

I bought this version because I wanted illustrations for my 6YO daughter. I was expecting at least as many illustrations as the Illustrated Junior Library version. This version, even though it's "Illustrated Children's Library", is disappointingly sparsely illustrated.

The book itself is nicely bound with a helpful bookmark. But be forewarned, do not buy this version if you want illustrations.

Treasure of literature.......2005-08-19

Treasure island is the famous classic stroy by R. L. Stevenson.
The reader can share the adventures of Jim Hawkin with excitement and close interest. The adventure hardcores cann't miss it.

For those who've recently gotten the pirate fever...........2005-05-20

The introduction to the book is a lot of fun. You get to know about the behavior and ways of a pirate told through the perspective of Jim Hawkins and the new mysterious tenant.

Jim Hawkins is a boy who works at a bar/motel with his guardians (not his parents). And the new arrival at the motel doesn't seem to be a simple drifter, and lives there for a long period of time. Later on we learn that he is actually a pirate, and tells Jim of the treasure that awaits anybody who seeks it, and gives him a treasure map (kind of). And of course Jim leaves home after other events which happened after that I cannot tell without ruining the story. Jim goes to the harbor and looks for a person to help him with his situation.

He eventually finds a few people who have a ship and they arrange for a big crew of about 30 people, without their knoledge of what the expedition is for and only that they would be paid...or so they thought. It turned out that Jim Hawkins and his loyal friends brought a crew of pirates who actually are aware of what they are searching for. They are lead by a man with a one legged named Long John Silver who Jim actually becomes friends with until Silver betrays the young Jim. After the betrayal, Jim and all his loyal friends retreat to the forest to regroup and ultimately start a war with the pirates.

The action is pure fun, with guns and explosions, you can totally believe the battle scenes and the conflict. There are many new words that you can learn by reading this, and have fun with. The only criticism is that theres a lot of pauses in the book before the big parts, so patience is neccesary. But my overall thought of this book is that it made the reader want to know what happens to the betrayed crew after the each chapter, and made you keep reading through all the pauses.

A fun book once you get through all the slow pacing, then you can really enjoy this book and what it truly has, A Fun Book.

Treasure Island: Robert Louis Stevenson.......2004-01-16

Jim Hawkins is an 1880's English boy, who lives along the English coast in his father's inn, the Admiral Benbow. He has a perfectly normal life, until the mysterious Billy Bones comes to stay at the inn. Then, Billy dies after a fight with a strange caller. Among his possessions, Jim finds an old treasure map. Along with the Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey, Jim sails off to Treasure Island. Unfortunately, the crew of the ship they go on is not as trustworthy as first thought. Jim discovers that they are really pirates, and soon he and the few honest men on board are made victims of a mutiny. Now, they must embark on a quest to get to the treasure before the crew and to stay alive in the process.
Stevenson does a wonderful job of describing the appearances of people and places, creating vivid, colorful, and well-defined images of what he is talking about. Long John Silver, one of Stevenson's many characters, is an example of the author's amazing abilities to describe, in this case not only appearance, but in personality. I felt like I knew him inside out. Other characters are also very well described. That's not all that's good about this book. Treasure Island is a very captivating story. It immediately drew me in with its old style of writing (it was written in the 1880's) and great plot.
This is a great novel and, while it carries no strong message, is a great way to use up your free time. I recommend this wonderful story to anyone who enjoys adventure, danger, and would like to go and hunt for buried treasure.

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The illustrations for this series were created by Scott McKowen, who, with his wife Christina Poddubiuk, operates Punch & Judy Inc., a company specializing in design and illustration for theater and performing arts. Their projects often involve research into the visual aspects of historical settings and characters. Christina is a theater set and costume designer and contributed advice on the period clothing for the illustrations.

Scott created these drawings in scratchboard an engraving medium which evokes the look of popular art from the period of these stories. Scratchboard is an illustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. A thin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface, and lines are drawn by hand with a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the white surface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color is added digitally.

Sneaky pirates, sailing ships, buried treasure, exotic lands, and murderous mutiny: what could be better to win over even the most reluctant boy reader? Robert Louis Stevenson serves up thrills, chills, and plenty of action in this timeless, and much-admired adventure novel.

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Jim Hawkins & Long John Silver. Pirates...or Patriots??? February 25, 2007.......2007-02-26

This ghastly book is an amazing adventure. It starts out with a boy named Jim Hawkins. Jim and his family live in their inn called the ADMIRAL BENBOW. Captain Billy Bones is a man that holds the map to Treasure Island and the buried treasure. Jim and the crew of the HISPANIOLA head to Treasure Island. That's when Jim gets to know Long John Silver. It just happens to be that Long John Silver takes most of the men and mutinies, in order to take the treasure himself. The others that were mutinied went to the Stockade, a small little cabin in the forest. Jim hid and snuck out with the mutineers. When he got away from the mutineers he found a man named Ben Gunn that was marooned a few years before. Then Jim finally found the Stockade. The rest of the book has multiple twists and turns.
This book was a complicated read for me. It has very hard to read the language and it has some very detailed violence. This book is made for readers that love adventure big challenges. This book is made for advanced 6th grade readers or higher. This book had to have taken Robert Louis Stevenson awhile because of the complicated storyline, language and character development. Having a good soul and sprit will lead to wealth in both physically and mentally and that is what this book teaches. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote this book as if it took place in old Great Britain with Pirates. He describes everything so well. Sometimes the descriptions are hard to understand. Robert also makes the book sound exactly like the time he set it in (around the 1700's). If you want a book full of adventure, treasure, pirates, ships and a challenge, then this is the book for you!

Chloe 6th Grade

Thoughts on Treasure Island.......2007-02-26

Treasure Island is a classic book that consists of Pirates, Treasure and much more. It will be read by kids for years to come. It has cleverly thought-out character names such as Long John Silver and Captain Flint. It has an amazing plot line, and because of this, this book has gone down in History. First published as a book in 1883, it also went under the title of The Sea Cook, meaning Long John Silver. It has just kept on gathering steam over the many years, and shows no sign of stopping any time soon. Since the day that this book was published, whenever Robert Louis Stevenson's name is mentioned, people automatically think of Treasure Island. This book is arguably the best of Robert Louis Stevenson's work, and many other people would agree too.
The book begins with young Jim Hawkins running into a frightening old sea captain who drinks more rum than water. Jim and the old sea captain get to know each other pretty well, but when the Captain dies, Jim decides to open up the old captain's trunk and finds and old treasure map that begins his entire adventure. Before Jim knows it, he is aboard the "Hispaniola" with the Squire, the Doctor, and the seemingly pleasant cook Long John Silver, on their way for the treasure. The whole voyage was going very pleasantly, until Jim overhears Long John and the crew discussing mutiny. Jim knew that the Captain of the "Hispaniola," the Squire, the Doctor and he were not safe, so he immediately told the Captain. The next day the Captain has the crew go on shore so he, the Doctor, the Squire, and Jim can load the supplies on to a separate part of the Island. By the time the Mutineers figure this out they are safely on shore. Despite numerous attempts by the mutineers to get their hands on the treasure map, they fail each time, and Jim manages to find the ship and hide it safely away from the mutineers. But when he returns, he finds that the doctor gave the treasure map and the stores to Long John Silver. He is then forced to go hunt the treasure with the Mutineers, only to discover that it's not there! The Mutineers are furious and advance on Jim, but just then the Doctor and a Maroon save Jim, and take him away to a cave. It is there that he discovers that the Maroon found the Treasure a long time ago, and had many stocks in his cave, so the doctor decided to give the Mutineers the map and watch them go on a wild goose chase. The only problem is that they think they lost the ship, but Jim tells them that he stole back the ship, and that they can sail home for England!!
My opinion of the book was that it had a nice little surprise around every corner. The author described each character very nicely and put a clear picture in your head. It was very clever of the author to use Jim Hawkins as the narrator of the story. He also had the Doctor narrate for a few chapters to show another side of the story. The author usually foreshadowed before a big event, making you want to read on. At first, the language is a little hard to understand, but once you get used to it you cruise along. I thought that the author overall did a great job writing the book. I always wondered how he got the ideas for the plot twists. This book is the kind that will make you wish that there was more after you finished. I think this was a great book.

Treasure Island, A Must Read Classic.......2007-02-25

For those of you who love a good book about pirates, mutiny, treasure hunting and "swash buckling" in general, Treasure Island is a must read classic by Robert Louis Stevenson.

This is about a young boy seeking adventure and a way to help his family. The boy's name is Jim Hawkins. His first idea was to get on a boat and find a secret island, Treasure Island, which was said to have mounds of gold. But Jim's adventure turns into a nightmare as the crew begins to mutiny on him and the captain. The mutiny was led by Long John Silver. Now Jim and some of his fellow sailors must get to the treasure before the rogues do. This struggle to win the race leads to tragedy and a secret. You read along as Jim goes through an adventure of a lifetime. He meets pirates, a lost man who eats goats to stay alive, to name only a few. There were many men who died in these adventures, some trying to save Jim, while others were trying to kill him. This is a great story that captures your imagination with fantasy and adventure in every new problem that needs to be solved. I didn't find the reading difficult to follow. The writing was realistic and the characters almost seemed real. With all the pirate movies out lately, you could somewhat imagine what he was writing about even without a visual. I found the story had mystery and was comical at times.

The author's voice is first person through the main character, Jim. There was action, fantasy, mystery, and a swash buckling good time for anyone reading this book. This author also wrote the book Mr. Hyde some years later. I was surprised to find that the author wrote over thirteen novels, poetry, essays and even plays. He wrote this book in 1881 and it was published in 1883. The author traveled many places with his family around the world. I think his travels influenced his writing, especially this book. Given that I enjoyed this book as much as I did, I hope to read more of his books and find out if his other writing is as detailed and full of adventure as this book is.

I love reading and this book will be added to my list of "read again" and make sure I share with my kids the fun and exciting adventures this book offered me. I hope you enjoy the book and find yourself feeling like you are searching the seas for the treasures that remain lost.
Philip P - 6th grade

Treasure Island.......2006-03-06

I thought this book was nice, but it was not my favorite. It first starts out when a big dark man with an scare on his cheek shows up at his family's inn the "Admiral Benbow". What Jim (the lead character of the storey) did'nt know was that this larg scarey man was the begining of his horific adventure. Later in the book Jim finds his self sailing off on a boat called the "Hispaniola" to treasure island along with real seamen and an rude captain.
The sentence structure of this book was a bit complicated for me. The sentences were long and very detailed. Some sentences were short and choppy and did not explain enough, were others were long and over detailed and never seemed to end. It seemed like you were always waiting fore some thing exciting to happen, but it never came. The description in this book seemed a little over board. There would be these long and descriptive sentences explaining things that should have not been that long. There would be some thing that was very simple and they would write it in complex detail.
I reconmend this book to teen readers. I think that that
14 year olds would most enjoy this book because the vocabulary is at proubly their level and they can take in the description more. This book was very long and a little frustrating for me. It seemed like because of the big words and long sentences I could not engage into this book.Also it was hard for me to determend were Jim was in the book. The author would transition from one setting to another way to quikly for me to follow were he is going. It was also hard for me to understand what going on because he would be talking about one thing going on then emediatly switch to some thing else.
Alex Meallet.

TREASURE ISLAND is GOOD.......2006-03-04

The book Treasure Island is an exciting book. It contains mutineers, pirates, and a big treasure. It is a challenging book to read though. There are loops and turns around every corner. Jim, the main character comes across a ship called the Hispaniola, and rode it for the rest of the book. He takes on many troubles throughout the book. At first, he meets a man called Long John Silver. He seems very nice at first but at the end, he finds out something about Silver.
There tends to be mutinies when a ship sets off for treasure, and that's exactly what happens.
One day, the ship is sailing on and BOOM! There sounds a gunshot! The wicked mutineers attack the ship killing one person, shooting them in the head. But it's not over yet! Three muskets go off at a time and one of the mutineers falls. The fight goes on and it is soon found out that the mutineers had lost more souls then the ships company and that was good for Jim.
At one point in the book, Jim comes across a man that was on an island that had been marooned and he had been there for over three years and had to live off eating goat.
The sentence structure of the book was a very hard. The sentences were very hard to read and there were a lot of things going on at the same time and it never seemed to end. One reason that the book was so hard was it was almost a different kind of English. The book was written in the late 1800 so it was very hard to understand. The sentences were long and choppy and they went on. But on the other hand some sentences were only two words.
The word choice of the book was two ways mostly. That means that some words were long and some words were very short. But the words were switched around so it was even harder to read.
The description of the book was not so great. Robert didn't describe the setting too well. Sometimes you couldn't tell where Jim was at some points because of the poor description.
My opinion of the book was not so great and it was hard to understand because of the word choice and the settings were very bad at some points. At one part of the book Jim comes off the ship and it doesn't explain what was happening and it seemed there was something missing. And at some points it seemed that the word were too long and you were waiting for something else to happen and it got boring. After some sentences it was so confusing that you had to read it again until you got what was going on. That was hard to do and that's one reason I didn't like the book all that much.
I think that the appropriate age for reading this book is about 13 or 14 yeas old. I think that it was not so good for my age because I didn't understand it all that much, and if someone were older, then they have a better learning experience and they can understand the hard words. I am only eleven years old and this book is not such a good book for my age.
Ben Schwartz 6th Grade

Treasure Island: The Graphic Novel (Puffin Graphics)

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Treasure Island comes alive!

Treasure Island: The Graphic Novel (Puffin Graphics)
Robert Louis Stevenson
Manufacturer: Puffin
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0142404705

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When Jim Hawkins uncovers the key to a pirate's treasure map he sets out on a quest to find the buried treasure with the help of pirate captain Long John Silver. Artist Tim Hamilton brings the pirates and villains to life in this graphic novel adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic.

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Treasure Island comes alive!.......2007-08-23

Treasure Island is my favorite book. I look for things like this graphic novel variation. First the art is great. It captures the feel of the story. It's dark and erie. The story is well paced and stays true to the original source material. The characters come alive before the reader's eye's. This is great reading for youths or adults.

The Templars' Secret Island: The Knights, the Priest and the Treasure

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The Templars' Secret Island: The Knights, the Priest and the Treasure

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ASIN: 0760732051

The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar: Solving the Oak Island Mystery

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A LETDOWN! Speculative! More of a "Conspiracy Theory"
Lost Treasure a great find as is Swords at Sunset
The Knights Templar
Scottish Masons Hid Templar Treasures at Oak Island in Pre-Columbian Times
A mystery not really solved

The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar: Solving the Oak Island Mystery
Steven Sora
Manufacturer: Destiny Books
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ASIN: 0892817100
Release Date: 1999-02-01

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When the Order of Knights Templar was destroyed in 1307, the secret society supposedly had vast wealth that was rumored to include the genealogies of David and Jesus and other religious artifacts as well as your run-of-the-mill gold and jewels. Over 200 years ago, the site of an elaborate vault was discovered by three teenagers on Oak Island, Nova Scotia, which was determined to have been built sometime between the 14th and 16th centuries. Author Steven Sora has been investigating both the Order and the vault for over 17 years, and The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar details his fascinating theory of where the Templar's hoard went and what is buried under Oak Island. If you enjoy real-life mystery, the intrigues of secret societies, or thoughtfully researched revisionist history, this one's for you. --P. Randall Cohan

Book Description

A compelling argument that connects the lost treasure of the Knights Templar to the mysterious money pit on Oak Island, Nova Scotia, that has baffled treasure hunters for two centuries

• Fascinating occult detective work linking the Cathars, the Scottish Masons, and Renne-le-Chateau to the elusive treasure pit on Oak Island

• Draws on new evidence recently unearthed in Italy, France, and Scotland to provide a compelling solution to one of the world's most enduring mysteries

When the Order of Knights Templar was ruthlessly dissolved in 1307 by King Philip the Fair of France it possessed immense wealth and political power, yet none of the treasure the Templars amassed has ever been found. Their treasure is rumored to contain artifacts of spiritual significance retrieved by the order during the Crusades, including the genealogies of David and Jesus and documents that trace these bloodlines into the royal bloodlines of Merovingian France.

Placing a Scottish presence in the New World a century before Columbus, Steven Sora paints a credible scenario that has the Sinclair clan of Scotland transporting the wealth of the Templars--entrusted to them as the Masonic heirs of the order--to a remote island off the shores of present-day Nova Scotia. The mysterious money pit there is commonly believed to have been built before 1497 and has guarded its secret contents tenaciously despite two centuries of determined efforts to unearth it. All of these efforts (one even financed by American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt) have failed, thanks to an elaborate system of booby traps, false beaches, hidden drains, and other hazards of remarkable ingenuity and technological complexity.

Customer Reviews:

A LETDOWN! Speculative! More of a "Conspiracy Theory".......2007-04-29

This book is a bit of a stretch if you are looking for FACTS.
It is more of a hodge-podge of fact and fiction leaving the reader with a convoluted mess that is hard to pick through. Speculation abounds and creative license is plentiful in this work.
Although an entertaining read, it presents many very interesting opinions, there are not supportive texts, archeological finds or historical proofs.
Please do enjoy if you are looking for fantasy, historical fiction or could-have-been storylines, but this book is NOT FACT as it is advertised.
If taken as a work of FICTION, this is a fairly good read, but as advertised, it is a poor excuse for history.
So, It would be an average read as fiction, but must be marked down a little due to the fact that it is purported to be fact. This is how I arrive at a 2 out of 5.

Lost Treasure a great find as is Swords at Sunset.......2007-01-14

Carefully researched and thought-provoking, The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar offers compelling evidence that the Holy Grail was spirited to North America - more specifically Oak Island in Canada. As such, it should really be read alongside Swords at Sunset by Michael Bradley, as Bradley's book establishes that the Holy Grail was and perhaps still is in Niagara, Ontario and Quebec and Vermont along with much of the Atlantic seaboard. This alone is a compelling reason to read this remarkable book. Also, I've come across a number of reviews suggesting Swords at Sunset be read in tandem with The Da Vinci Code. Now I understand why. I had the pleasure of reading this remarkable book recently and was captivated by Bradley's well framed argument that the Knights Templar brought Holy Grail refugess, descendents of Jesus, to North America long before Columbus ever set foot here. Then I learned that Bradley was a researcher behind the Da Vinci Code movie. The Da Vinci Code book and movie are both highly enjoyable. But what's really fascinating is Bradley's non-fiction book putting the Grail in Canada and the United States centuries ago. I learned a great deal. You should also check out Bradley's great new Grail novel The Magdalene Mandala. All of these books are highly recommended for anyone interested in the Holy Grail.

The Knights Templar.......2006-11-23

I put off reading about the KT's involvement with the Oak Island mystery simply because it is a path whose foot steps are difficult to verify never mind follow. Historically steep. So how does Sora do it? I found it to be an enjoyable read, fact filled and well written. How would anyone verify what he is saying or rather the facts he presents? To take his books contents on face value would be to say whats buried on Oak Island is KT related. I reccommend it to any Oak Island enthusiast as its an important angle to the Oak Island mystery needed to be understood. If you're a skeptic I would buy it so you can have something else to poo poo about..Oh what a minute one of the skeptics already has written a review poo poing the book...good for you!

Scottish Masons Hid Templar Treasures at Oak Island in Pre-Columbian Times.......2006-07-18

That about sums up the author's thesis; the rest of the book is a poorly edited, rehashing of the tired Holy Blood, Holy Grail myth. The author clearly possesses a strong belief in the Priory of Sion, the bloodline of Jesus Christ, and other such nonsense, and uses this venue to air his enthusiasms. Unfortunately, only about 100 pages of this 250+ page book is actually about the Oak Island mystery. To his credit, the author does present a valid theory of the origins of the treasure but unforunately stops there. Just as he gets the story rolling and the reader's excitement bubbling he charts another course and veers away from his thesis. In the end, the reader is left to try and assemble for himself a puzzle that spans about four continents, 3,000 years, and countless secret societies.

Get this one at your local library if you're really interested.

A mystery not really solved.......2006-07-13

I'm not a reader of history, meaning I don't read history books cover to cover. This was an exception--if it is in fact history. But it was a tough read, and not because of my reading predilections. Hooked by the topical subject matter in the wake of Da Vinci Code, I figured I'd sit down for the afternoon to read the 250 pages. But the afternoon turned into several days. It wasn't just the scores of grammatical errors or repetitive explanations and descriptions or sentence run-ons that caused me to spend so much time with this book although those things tend to lose a reader. It wasn't even the weird syntax that had me re-reading and re-reading just to grasp what the author intended. Astoundingly, for such an overwritten book, what I found missing was information, pertinent, corroborating and clarifying information throughout. The author covers 2000 plus years of history and weaves in and out of centuries on a dime, and there are numerous occassions when important dates or approximate dates would have helped me keep my bearings. The author also spins off names and places by the pound, some explained some not. I found myself laying the book down to turn on my computer to check for facts. An example is the name Samuel Elliot Morrison. Now pardon me for being so ignorant of American 20th century historians, but I had no idea who this detractor of the Sinclair-Zeno expedition was or whether he was alive now or if he'd been speared by Eskimos 300 years ago. Thank God for Google. Putting the negatives aside, "The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar" contains some interesting alternative/possible histories and hypotheses, and author Steven Sora definitely got me to chomp on some of these. In parts, the book is provocative, and it does cover a lot of ground: Norse explorers, dastardly French Kings, the wars of England and Scotland, the Merovingian dynasty and so on. But ultimately this book fails to prove that Templar treasure exists on Oak Island. The author borrows much from Michael Baigent's "Holy Blood Holy Grail," a book most historians would classify as fiction. Fiction or not, I tried to substantiate some of the claimed history in both of these books, checking into, for example, the organization Prieure de Sion and its supposed former name Ordre de Sion. There are dozens of resources, books, articles, blogs, mentioning these organizations, but I found nothing written pre 1970. Most of the articles debunk the Priory of Sion and Pierre Plantard the Frenchman credited with the hoax. Of course it could be argued that the organization was so secret that nothing was written, or perhaps certain arcane documents existed but were confiscated or burned by the Church. But Steven Sora doesn't seem to care about the veracity of Pierre Plantard or the Order/priory of Sion. In this book, the Priory of Sion is real and Mr. Sora runs with it. Discerning readers and researchers are unlikely to be so easily persuaded. If you can wade through the author's bulbous style, the book is worth picking up. Review by David Marsh.

Taiwan Film Directors: A Treasure Island (Film and Culture Series)

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Taiwan Film Directors: A Treasure Island (Film and Culture Series)
Yueh-yu Yeh , and Darrell Davis
Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0231128991

Book Description

This well-illustrated, in-depth study of the most celebrated directors and films from Taiwan and the development of Taiwanese film focuses on the extraordinarily rich work of four contemporary filmmakers-Ang Lee, Edward Yang, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and Tsai Ming-liang. The authors explore how these filmmakers broke from tradition to create a cinema that is both personal and insistent on examining Taiwan's complex history.

Following the relaxation of government control of the film industry in the 1980s, Taiwan's directors sprung from relative obscurity to international acclaim. Yeh and Davis trace this development, analyzing Taiwanese film from the end of World War II to the present. Featuring stills, anecdotes, and close readings of films, the authors consider the influence of Hong Kong and martial arts films, and Taiwan cinema in the contexts of international cinema's aesthetics and business practices.

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Betzee.......2005-10-26

A wonderful book on a topic that had not been well covered, i.e., the history of New Taiwanese Cinema. Covered in detail are its origins as well as the motivations of different directors and how it all intertwined with Taiwan's political liberalization in the 1980s.

The Secret Treasure of Oak Island: The Amazing True Story of a Centuries-Old Treasure Hunt

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great Oak Island information
Recommended read
Gets you fully caught up on the Oak Island Saga
Oak Island Enigma
More Elaboration, Please

The Secret Treasure of Oak Island: The Amazing True Story of a Centuries-Old Treasure Hunt
D'Arcy O'Connor
Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
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ASIN: 1592282792

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The fascinating history and present-day account of the oldest treasure hunt in North America.

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great Oak Island information.......2006-08-26

I corresponded with D'Arcy in Oak Island forums before I found out that he was an author. When I asked people in the forum for literature they all reccommended D'Arcy's books and I purchased two of them.

I found them to be very informative. D'Arcy has done his research well and presents information in a manner that is easily understood.

If you want to learn about Oak Island this is probably the book to buy. I reccommend it highly.