The Coral Island is a classic adventure novel written by R.M. Ballantyne. The story follows the adventures of three young boys, Ralph, Jack, and Peterkin, who are shipwrecked on a deserted island in the South Pacific. The boys must learn to survive on the island, facing challenges such as finding food and water, building shelter, and defending themselves against wild animals.As the boys explore the island, they discover that it is not entirely uninhabited. They encounter other groups of people, including pirates and ...
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The Coral Island is a classic adventure novel written by R.M. Ballantyne. The story follows the adventures of three young boys, Ralph, Jack, and Peterkin, who are shipwrecked on a deserted island in the South Pacific. The boys must learn to survive on the island, facing challenges such as finding food and water, building shelter, and defending themselves against wild animals.As the boys explore the island, they discover that it is not entirely uninhabited. They encounter other groups of people, including pirates and cannibals, and must use their wits to outsmart them and stay alive.Throughout the novel, the boys learn important lessons about friendship, courage, and responsibility. They also grapple with questions of morality and ethics, as they are forced to make difficult decisions in order to survive.The Coral Island is a timeless adventure story that has captivated readers for generations. It is a must-read for anyone who loves tales of survival, exploration, and the triumph of the human spirit.WHAT a joyful thing it is to awaken, on a fresh glorious morning, and find the rising sun staring into your face with dazzling brilliancy! - to see the birds twittering in the bushes, and to hear the murmuring of a rill, or the soft hissing ripples as they fall upon the sea-shore! At any time and in any place such sights and sounds are most charming, but more especially are they so when one awakens to them, for the fist time, in a novel and romantic situation.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Loved this book so much as a child that when i grew i got some common sense and got me a job in the south pacific and lived on a Coral Atoll for 20 years. Have to get myself another copy.
