Kidnapped

by Rob Lloyd Jones, Alan Marks (Illustrator)

Sold into slavery by his greedy uncle, David Balfour's only hope of escape is by siding with the outlaw Alan Breck. Follow his daring adventure, in this classic tale of kidnap, shipwreck, and survival in the wild Scottish Highlands.

Genres: Classics

64 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2012

About the author

Rob Lloyd Jones was born in San Francisco but grew up in London. He studied Egyptology at University where he learnt hieroglyphics, and often goes on digs with the Egypt Exploration Society. He is a senior editor at Usborne, for whom he has written over thirty books – mostly historical non-fiction, but also adaptations of classics such as JEKYLL AND HYDE and THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. Rob is also a volunteer reading helper at a primary school in Clerkenwell and wrote episodes of the children’s TV show ‘Bernard’s Watch’ for Carlton Kids. He lives in south London with his wife Sally, and 14-month-old son Otis.

Reviews

[Jenna Mills · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't read the original but got a strong sense of it I think through this. 2yo enjoyed it but I think can't possibly have understood most of it!

[Ashutosh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kidnapped is a really good book if you want a book that has great adventures and has realistic themes and plots. The book is about a boy named David who travels to see his uncle Ebenezer,lives with him for a few days, but then gets kidnapped by a ship that has a crew and from that point of time he faces the rest of his adventure going through fights, escapes, sword battles, meets friends and much more. Honestly I think the book was great and every plot was not left behind or glossed over. The thing in the book that was really obvious is the main character David getting kidnapped since it actually shows on the cover "Kidnapped". The adventurous parts of the story had a lot of different tones and emotions, like in one part it was about David trying to escape the red soldiers to get to safety.This has a intense emotion. There are other parts that make you picture David getting tortured by hunger, fatigue, and thirst. The main plot of the story started, because of this quote. " The Hawes Inn, at Queen's Ferry." Sir- I lie here with my ferry at shore, and send my cabin boy to inform. If you have any further commands, as the winds serve us a memorable voyage." If this letter or quote was not there, David would have not been captured. All in all, this should be a great book of fiction and adventure.

[Rosemary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eight short chapters with colour illustrations.