The Coral Island

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Author: R.M. Ballantyne
Genre: Children's
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This is a yarn about the exciting adventures of three boys, who become castaways on a Polynesian Island. One of the boys was captured by pirates, though after many adventures returned to the coral island. It was written in 1893 read by me in 1956 and was voted one of the top 20 Scottish novels in 2006.


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