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THESE STORIES HAVE BEEN RETOLD FOR TODAY'S READER, WITH ATMOSPHERIC ILLUSTRATIONS, AN INFORMATIVE INTRODUCTION AND USEFUL NOTES. TWO SAILORS DRAGGED ME BACK FROM THE SIDE OF THE SHIP, AND THEN A THUNDERBOLT SEEMED TO STRIKE ME ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD. THERE WAS A GREAT FLASH OF FIRE, AND THEN NOTHING BUT DARKNESS AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS PARENTS, YOUNG DAVID BALFOUR IS SENT TO STAY WITH HIS MYSTERIOUS UNCLE EBENEZER. WHEN DAVID DISCOVERS A FAMILY SECRET THAT COULD CHANGE HIS LIFE FOREVER, HE IS KIDNAPPED AND SOLD INTO SLAVERY. HIS ONLY CHANCE TO ESCAPE IS TO FOLLOW A HIGHLAND WARRIOR, ALAN BRECK, ON A DESPERATE AND DANGEROUS ADVENTURE.Stevenson, Robert Louis is the author of 'Kidnapped', published 2004 under ISBN 9780794506599 and ISBN 0794506593.
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