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Silver: Return to Treasure Island

Silver: Return to Treasure Island

by Andrew Motion (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

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Synopsis

Think of the fortune waiting for you. July, 1802. Young Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver's daughter, Natty, set off in the footsteps of their fathers. The lure of hidden treasure and the thrill of the ocean odyssey soon gives way to terror as the Nightingale reaches its destination. Treasure Island is not uninhabited as it once was.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04 Apr 2013
ISBN 10: 0099552655
ISBN 13: 9780099552659
Book Overview: The thrilling follow-up to Treasure Island, as told by one of England's greatest contemporary writers.

Media Reviews
Like Stevenson, Motion has achieved that very difficult thing: a children's novel that works even better for adults. Look to your laurels, Rowling -- John Sutherland * The Times *
Deeply pleasing and convivial * Guardian *
Vastly entertaining * Scotsman *
Gripping * Daily Mail *
Fascinating and richly colourful * Herald *
Author Bio
Andrew Motion was born in 1952. He began his career teaching English at the University of Hull. He has also been Editor of the Poetry Review, Editorial Director of Chatto & Windus, Poet Laureate, co-founded the Poetry Archive and was knighted for his services to literature in 2009. He is now Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in London.