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Kidnapped
By Stevenson, Robert Louis & Meis, Timothy
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68986-542-8
- Publisher
- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2004.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2005
Gr 3-7 The language in this adaptation is truer to the original, and thus, more sophisticated than that of Deborah Kestel's "Great Illustrated Classics" version (Playmore, 1992). After his father's death, David Balfour leaves his simple life in the Scottish Lowlands and sets out to find an uncle whom he has never met. Unaware of the bad blood between his father and uncle, he arrives at Ebeneezer's home, only to find that the cruel man has no intention of granting the lad his rightful inheritance. In fa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
