The Coral Island

by Robert Michael Ballantyne
Category: "Fiction - Adventure"
Pages:296
Year of Publication:1857
Date Added:07/31/2006
Date Read:02/23/2003
Notes: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.
My Rating: 5

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Review - Coral Island, The

Three English boys are shipwrecked on a South Pacific island. They learn to survive and thrive while exploring, getting caught in a storm and getting involved in a native war. Ralph is captured by pirates but escapes. The three boys sail to another island where they are captured trying to save a girl who is about to be sacrificed. Things look bleak for our heroes, but they are released at the last moment when ... the chief becomes a Christian.
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