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'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest –Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!'
Upon finding a map in his parents' inn, young Jim Hawkins joins a crew on route to the Caribbean to find buried treasure. One of his crew, the charming, yet devious Long John Silver is determined to snag the booty for himself and Jim's swashbuckling voyage becomes a mutinous and murderous adventure – where his own bravery is put to the test and he discovers much about friendship, loyalty and betrayal.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780007351015
Number of pages: 272
Weight: 150 g
Dimensions: 178 x 111 x 17 mm
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This book deserves to be the classic it is. A great adventure book for young readers, with a courageous young hero - even though there's quite a bit of violence. The narratives written by the doctor and the... More
I have just read this book for the first time and am very much an adult. I obviously knew the gist of the story, but had never actually read it myself. It took me a little while to get used the pirate... More
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