Treasure Island
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Interest Level:
4-7
Lexile Framework:
1100L
Grade Level Equivalent:
7.1
Guided Reading Level:
Z
Age:
9-18
Genre:
Adventure, Classics
Subject:
Courage and Honor, Loyalty, Friends and Friendship, European
Billy Bones' old map shows a small island with a red cross marking a dead pirate's buried treasure. Young Jim Hawkins knows that a fortune in gold lies waiting for him.
Aboard the Hispaniola with his friends Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney, Jim sails toward Treasure Island. The voyage goes well until Jim hears a frightening conversation. He learns that the one-legged man who signed on as ship's cook is the famous pirate Long John Silver. And worse, he discovers that the crew is in a plot with Silver to steal the treasure. Jim wonders if he can do the seemingly impossible — save his life and the treasure.
With it's dastardly plot and motley crew of rogues and villains, it seems unlikely that children will ever tire of this timeless classic.

