coral island
By: by R. M. Ballantyne ; illustrated with line drawings and 8 colour plates by Leo Bates.
Contributors: Bates, Leo.
Series: Children's Illustrated Classics series -- no. 6; Children's illustrated classics
Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
Published: 1977
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
Subjects: Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction.; Islands -- Juvenile fiction.; Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Juvenile fiction.; Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction.
Description: Three English boys, shipwrecked on a deserted island, create an idyllic society despite typhoons, wild hogs, and hostile visitors. Then evil pirates kidnap one of the youths whose adventures continue among the South Sea Islands.
Notes: Reprint of the 1858 ed.