Scholastic Classics: Kidnapped

Totally classic! Treachery, courage and romance in the wild Scottish highlands. David Balfour is young, handsome and wealthy. But don’t get jealous just yet – his luck is about to run out. His wicked uncle wants to get his hand on young David’s fortune, and he doesn’t care what it takes. He’ll even kidnap him! That’s the start of this book, one of the best adventure stories ever written. But how will it end? Expect shipwrecks, betrayals and a heart-stopping chase across the rugged Scottish wilds…

The classic that set the standard for adventure fiction

Written by the best-loved author of Treasure Island

An exhilarating tale of friendship, honour and courage

The perfect book to challenge and thrill keen readers

Product Details

Series

Scholastic Classics

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781407173887

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

October 6th, 2016

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 8.0; Middle years; 15.0 points

Other details

304 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Available in these packs

Scholastic Classics Pack x 22

usd prices

Price: $160.63

gbp prices

Price: £110.78

Series

Scholastic Classics

Author/Illustrator

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in 1850 in Edinburgh. He suffered from illness throughout his life and had to spend large parts of his childhood in bed. As a result, he didn’t learn to read until he was seven or eight, but he loved to tell stories to his mother and nurse. Robert loved to travel and he spent a lot of time in his twenties travelling in Europe and writing about his experiences. When he was 26, Robert met an American woman called Fanny. They married in San Francisco in1880 and returned to Britain with Fanny’s twelve-year-old son Lloyd. That same year, during a rainy holiday in Scotland, Robert and Lloyd drew a treasure map for fun and it was this that inspired Robert to write Treasure Island. When the book was published in 1883 he dedicated it to Lloyd. In 1888 the family set off for a three-year-long tour of the South Pacific which eventually ended when they bought a house in Samoa. Robert was loved by the Samoan people and continued to write until the day he died, very suddenly, aged just 44.