The second story in the ever-popular Anne of Green Gables series. Now Anne is half past sixteen and she's ready to begin a new life teaching in her old school. She's as feisty as ever and is fiercely determined to inspire young hearts with her own ambitions. But some of her pupils are as boisterous
Kidnapped (Puffin Classics Relaunch)
β Scribed by Stevenson, Robert Louis; Smith, Alexander McCall
- Book ID
- 107520247
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 323 KB
- Series
- Puffin Classics Relaunch; Adventures of David Balfour 1
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780141931272
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
When young David Balfour's father dies and leaves him in poverty, he tracks down his Uncle Ebenezer to seek his inheritance. But his uncle is a mean, nasty man with a dark family secret. David finds himself in terrible danger when he is kidnapped and taken prisoner on board a ship bound for slaveryβ he must escape. With the help of daring rebel Alan Breck, David faces a wild adventure as he is hunted across the desolate Scottish moors.
Robert Louis Stevenson's action adventure novel, brilliantly introduced by Alexander McCall Smith.
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