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The Coral Island

R.M. Ballantyne

Hardcover | Pages: 398 pages

Rating: 3.72 | 3558 Users | 260 Reviews

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Title	:	The Coral Island
Author	:	R.M. Ballantyne
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 398 pages
Published	:	2007 by Vision Forum (first published 1858)
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction. Adventure. Historical. Historical Fiction. Childrens

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I went to primary school at four and a half, into Mrs. Whitcombe's class. Everything was miniature, including Mrs. Whitcombe who was a little person. We sat on our little chairs at our little desks and got out our little books. Janet and John. It was quite glorious except that I had read the whole year's Janet and John primers by morning break (a very little bottle of milk and a digestive biscuit).

The only other books in the classroom were Treasure Island, Swiss Family Robinson and Coral Island. So for the rest of the term while all the other little children were learning to read, I was immersed in tales of the far away. Far, far away from the little Welsh village I lived in into a big, big world full of treasures and exploration. I was hooked on reading from then on.

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Original Title:	The Coral Island
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Ralph Rover, Jack Martin, Peterkin Gay

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Ratings: 3.72 From 3558 Users | 260 Reviews

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Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know if I'll have time to finish this review, because I've started writing it too late. This book has a rating between 2.5 stars and 3 stars, and I will explain why. In short, you can say that I liked it, but I found other things during reading that I did not like.He spoke briefly of the history of the book. This book was edited by Espasa and I bought it in a second-hand book store together with "Captain Corcoran" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... (which God

The Coral Island was a great book. It was exciting, funny, and intriguing. And the characters - well, I really like all of them. Jack was the oldest, the leader of the three, and the tough one. Peterkin he was the funny one and the youngest. And Ralph was in the middle and was the philosophical one. They could not have made it without each other.Overall I really liked this book, and highly reccomend it.

re-reading.opening Roving has always been, and still is, my ruling passion, the joy of my heart, the very sunshine of my existence. In childhood, in boyhood, and in man's estate, I have been a rover; not a mere rambler among the woody glens and upon the hill-tops of my own native land, but an enthusiastic rover throughout the length and breadth of the wide wide world.

This is my favorite book right now. I love stories about the sea and ships. Each chapter is filled with adventure and new words and ideas I haven't thought of before.

Read an abridged version. I guess I've always been a fan of these castaway stories (Enid Blyton's Secret Island, Robinson Crusoe) and this one was great. I wished this version included a map. 4 stars, minus stars for after pirates came. I would have preferred if these stories were just about how they lived, descriptions of plants/building boats/hunting etc. It seems like every time authors try to bring it to a climax with arrivals of strangers, I cease enjoying the book, and start hoping to

It's an interesting thing to read a book written in 1857 and see how much the world, and our perceptions of it, have changed.Ballantyne's style is typical of the time, with loquacious description of the environment and characters. Modern readers can find this tedious, but at the time, UK readers had no videos and few (black & white) photographs of south pacific islands. Ballantyne's thorough research and detailed descriptions of banyan trees, mangos (the plum like fruit not named), penguins,

Tis a story of 3 shipwrecked teen aged English lads. While the tale is fun for young and old alike, I think it 's target readership would be in the tween(between childhood and the teenage) range. As the story unfolds the reader finds them-self on an educational journey in the islands of the South Pacific.Strong Christian beliefs are exhibited as the 3 young men display good moral character in their survival against nature, native cannibals and pirates.