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Treasure Island
Treasure Island
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Start date
November 1, 2015
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November 30, 2015
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Group Read Archive 2014-16
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What Members Thought

Rasha
Aug 06, 2022 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
This may be a classic but at it’s heart it is an adventure story for young boys who dream of adventure, pirates and treasure. Ironically, the language used is a bit difficult to get through (having been written so long ago and attempting to convey common sailor and pirate speak) so it needs an adult or at least an older teenage mind to read it.

The story of how treasure Island was written is probably more interesting than the story itself - it originated from a drawing of a map that Steavenson ma ...more
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Colleen
Nov 29, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: finished
I've said it before but nothing is better reading than the classics ...more
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Ginny
Mar 17, 2012 rated it liked it
Shelves: 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you
Actually read this with a class I interpreted in
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Chinook
Mar 11, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 1001
Read in Seoul.
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Alberta Ross
Dec 13, 2010 rated it liked it
Shelves: childhood, classic
Hecka
Mar 06, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Lauren
Oct 05, 2011 marked it as classics
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Judy
Feb 12, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Oct 15, 2014 marked it as to-read
Miss_Cultura
Feb 10, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: finish
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Oct 08, 2016 rated it liked it
Shelves: finished-reading
Terre Arena
Jun 14, 2018 marked it as to-read
Linda
Oct 11, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Elizabeth Stultz
Sep 27, 2019 marked it as to-read
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Apr 07, 2020 marked it as to-read
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Jul 03, 2020 marked it as to-read
Eiain
Feb 08, 2021 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Summer
Nov 25, 2022 marked it as audio-lib
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