Adventure and peril abound in a classic tale of shipwreck and survival
Ralph, Jack, and Peterkin find themselves the sole survivors of a shipwreck on a deserted coral island in the South Pacific. Although fate has led them to temporary safety, the three marooned boys are forced to carve out a life for themselves from what nature provides. They rapidly learn which fruit to eat, which animals to hunt, and which lagoons are best for bathing.
Resourceful as they are, their desert island idyll is often disturbed and they face numerous terrifying threats—pirates, sharks, cannibalism, and local tribes among them. Amid all the chaos, the trio still face the riddle of how to engineer their rescue from their tropical exile. Following in Robinson Crusoe's footsteps, and yet with added adventure, Ballantyne's writing is a classic adored by previous generations of children and deserves to be discovered all over again by a modern audience.
| ISBN: | 9781843914815 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2014 |
| Author: | R M Ballantyne |
| Publisher: | Hesperus Minor an imprint of Hesperus Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 366 pages |
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Classic Literature |
Adventure and peril abound in a classic tale of shipwreck and survivalRalph, Jack, and Peterkin find themselves the sole survivors of a shipwreck on a deserted coral island in the South Pacific. Although fate has led them to temporary safety, the three marooned boys are forced to carve out a life for themselves from what nature provides.
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The Coral Island was written by R M Ballantyne and published by Hesperus Minor an imprint of Hesperus Press
The Coral Island has 366 pages