The Coral Island (Puffin Classics) - Softcover

Ballantyne, R.

 
9780140367614: The Coral Island (Puffin Classics)

Synopsis

When the three sailor lads, Ralph, Jack and Peterkin are cast ashore after the storm, their first task is to find out whether the island is inhabited. Their next task is to find a way of staying alive. They go hunting and learn to fish, explore underwater caves and build boats - but then their island paradise is rudely disturbed by the arrival of pirates.

Lightly abridged for Puffin Classics.

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About the Author

Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Scotland in 1825. As a young man he went to Canada to work as a clerk with the Hudson Bay Fur Company. His experiences gave him lots of ideas for his career as a writer, artist and lecturer when he returned to Scotland. His best known for his novel The Coral Island which has remained in print since its first publication in 1857. He died in 1894.

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9780710509307: The Coral Island ("Chosen" classics)

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ISBN 10:  0710509308 ISBN 13:  9780710509307
Publisher: Peter Haddock Ltd, 1996
Softcover