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1962
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From the Publisher: When David Copperfield's widowed mother remarries, David suffers from his stepfather's abuse. At age 8, David is sent away to a harsh school where the principal routinely beats the students. David's circumstances become even worse when he is removed from school and, at age 10, forced to labor from morning to night in a London warehouse. David then decides to take desperate action. He will run away to his great-aunt, who lives...
Earliest Publication Date
1883
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Embark on an enthralling journey alongside young Jim Hawkins as he's thrust into a world of pirates, maps marked with an 'X', and tales of buried gold. Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" is the quintessential pirate adventure, where treachery lurks at every turn, and the line between friend and foe is ever-shifting. When Jim discovers a secret map in an old sea chest, he sets sail on the Hispaniola, unknowingly joining a crew with mutiny in...