Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Written by Robert Louis Stevenson, is set back in 1883 and it tells about a young boy by the name of 'Jim Hawkins' who found a treasure map that leads to the dead Captain Flints treasure. An Old sea dog comes to stay at his mothers inn, 'The Benbow inn' and told Jim to watch out for 'Blinde Phew, ' and 'Black Dog.' Pirates decend on the inn, Jim snatches up the papers and ends up on a ship with 'Doctor Lindsay' and the squire, who are determin to find the treasure, and their captain is long John Silver who is a pirate who also wants the treasure. Jim hides in an apple barrel and hears of the mutany that is planned so jim excapes from the ship and finds the marrooned salor 'Ben gun' who has found the treasure. In the end jims crew mates beat the pirates and leave them stranded on the island.

 I loved this book and have read it 6 times, it is my favourite book that i have ever read. The whole book is great but when they are on the island fighting and searching for the treasure, the book makes you feel like you are there. I don't think there were any bad bits in the book, and i would recomend this book to people above 8, because of the killing and you need to be able to understand what happens in the book. 

I think the author wrote this book because he became influenced by someone of a younger age who liked pirates. Some ideas that the author is tryind to raise is, you can not trust anyone who is not part of your family, refering to Long John Silver and there are dangeres in the world. There wouldnt be any other books i would compare it to because i haven't read a book like it. It really isnt written for a particular age range, just for people above 8.