Defying his parents, Robinson Crusoe goes to sea. He is captured by pirates but escapes to Brazil. He makes a fortune using slave labour to grow tobacco and sugar. He sails to Africa to bring back more slaves but is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. Everyone else is drowned. For over twenty years he lives alone. He learns to hunt and fish and make shelter. Then the cannibals arrive. Will this be the end of his adventure – or the chance to escape?
Publisher: Real Reads
ISBN: 9781906230715
Number of pages: 64
Dimensions: 197 x 130 mm
First and foremost this is a gripping adventure story set in an exotic location. Reading the original text for the first time one is reminded of subsequent books set in similar contexts which were all inspired if not... More
Follow Robinson Crusoe's daily battles to survive. I recommend this book to readers of Treasure Island. Lots of action and adventure are stored in one book, whether its fighting pirates or escaping cannibals.
I probably only gave this book three stars because I hate giving books less than that, but I did find it a little dull. I thought that it would be an adventure story, because of the reviews on my book (I have a copy... More
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