May
26
Product Description
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘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 o… More >>
Too many unnecessary details – a chore to read. Was reading this with a group of 8th graders and we couldn’t wait to get done with it – no one liked it. Too many times after reading a page, we would all go – HUH?? – what did the author just say?
You know there have been more novels written since then- why do students have to keep reading the same ones their grandparents read when they were in school?
My daughter was assigned to read this book over the summer in between 4th and 5th grade. Although I know it is a great classic, it is extremely difficult to read, especially for her age. I am reading it to her and I, myself find that it is difficult to read and there are many words which I need to look up and many phrases which I cannot even lookup, so we are missing a great deal. I wish there was a modern American English translation available so that we could enjoy the story and not get so stuck on just trying to understand what is going on.
i have read a lot of books in my life and this has been in my lowest ranked books along with chinese cinderalla, kira-kira, and out-of-the-dust. very dissapointing. even though i am just a kid, i think it was too violent and boyish. Yuck.
dont read this story it is a pain. But I recomend the movie so dont ever read.
I could not stop laughing every time Long John farted. It was hilarious! Treasure Island was so good and gassy! Now I feel comfortable when I fart!!!