Robert Louis Stevenson
2) Kidnapped
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Description
A sixteen-year-old orphan is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
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The 15th-century Wars of the Roses serve as backdrop for this swashbuckling historical novel from the author of Kidnapped and Treasure Island. In a time of shifting loyalties and treacherous alliances, young Dick Shelton is betrayed by his brutal guardian. Intent on rescuing the woman he loves, Dick joins forces with a mysterious fellowship intent on dispensing their own brand of justice. Through one trap after another, each choice Dick makes begins...
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Pub. Date
[1987]
Physical Desc
xii, 328 p., [14] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
In fifteenth-century England, when his father's murderer is revealed to be his guardian, seventeen-year-old Richard Shelton joins the fellowship of the Black Arrow in avenging the death, rescuing the woman he loves, and participating in the struggle between the Yorks and Lancasters in the War of the Roses.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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Zane is itching for an adventure that will take him away from his family's boarding house in Rockaway, Queens. So when he is entrusted with a real treasure map, leading to a spot somewhere in Manhattan, Zane wastes no time in riding the ferry over to the city to start the search with his friends Kiko and Jack and his dog, Hip-Hop. Through strange coincidence, they meet a man who is eager to help them find the treasure: John, a sailor who knows all...
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.
Description
Devastated by the loss of his beloved wife, Captain Henry Joyce joins a highly secretive club, a place where one can be ushered into eternity quietly, and without scandal. By night, the members play a deadly game of chance-- one card determines who will die, while another card determines who will carry out the killing. Membership in the club is an irrevocable contract with only one exit clause-- your death. However, Joyce begins to regret his decision...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
98 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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In this graphic version of the novel featuring Mickey Mouse and his friends, young Jim Mousekins finds a map and embarks on a voyage with Captain Lockett and the treacherous Long Pete Silver to find buried pirate treasure.
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Pirate Captain Billy Bones leaves a young innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a map indicating the location of a priceless treasure. Jim sets sail for the Caribbean in search of the treasure. But they do not realize that the ship's crew has been replaced by a band of cutthroats under the leadership of the infamous pirate Long John Silver.