So after the Odyssey I started Rober Louis Stevensons Treasure Island. Although not exactly in order I wanted to read it because I wanted soemthing a bit more lightweight. And at 200pgs its a great read. I picked it up in a second hand book sale in the mall in mullingar - It was the first in the series of Childerens books given out in the independant a couple of months ago, it was free so there was a heap of them which people obviously ditched.
Anyhow its a good read, its written from the point of view if Jim Hawkins a young boy who helps out his dad in thier seaside hotel the Admiral benbow, one day a mysterious old sea dog checks in and from there on a journey of revelation. Jim gets whisked up in a series of events which sees him travelling to Treasure Island (an undisclosed location even in the book). The best character by far is Long John Silver, the wooden legged pirate.
Its a very easy book to read and you can really see where the the goonies and pirates of the carribean came from, adventure on the high seas par-excellence.
Thats it for now guys
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