Summary:
    Jim Hawkins is an ordinary boy living an ordinary life when an old sailor came to his family’s inn. Jim stumbled into a chest containing the treasure map of the scariest most dangerous pirate scum there was, Captain Flint. Jim’s adventure starts by going on a ship on its way to the island where the treasure was.On the voyage something horrible happened, vicious pirates who wanted flints treasure also, invaded and took over the ship. In the endless fighting with the crew and the pirates Jim must make up his mind to where his loyalty lies with the pirate scum or the faithful crew of the Hispaniola.

Review:  
    What would you do if you found a treasure map every pirate would kill to get? What would you do if you found out the crew that was helping you find the treasure only wanted it for themselves? Well I don't expect you to have reacted well, but Jim Hawkins goes up against all the odds to survive and keep the treasure map away from the blood thirsty pirates of Captain Silver.
     In this book Jim Hawkins finds a mysterious map that leads to Captain Flints treasure ( the meanest pirate scum there ever was.) Jim goes on a voyage to get to treasure island and his ship gets taken over by mutineers. Jim has to go past obstacles not even a grown man could do on his own and makes you think about what a child your age can do in a tough situation.
    The book, Treasure Island is an exiting and action packed book. In one scene Jim Hawkins rows a small boat to the Hispaniola to take it back from the pirates that had control of it. He gets to the ship and finds that the two pirates on board were both attacking each other and the one that survived was badly wounded. Jim declares himself captain of the Hispaniola and attempts to sail it towards his friends but the surviving pirate that was kept alive and attacked Jim with a dirk. Jim got stabbed with the dirk and blacked out and ends up on enemy lines!
    In the book, Treasure Island there are many fighting scenes, mysterious treasures and pirates. If you like these things then you should look into Treasure Island,  a book by Robert Louis Stevenson, a very action packed book.

Reviewer: Karl N
House:     Androscoggin
Teacher:   Ms. Deschambeault
Date:      1/4/05