Treasure Island: A Novel

by Justin Scott

A 1950s setting of the original classic follows the adventures of young Jim Hawkins, who leaves his parents' rundown tourist hotel life so that he may join Senator Trelawney and Doctor Livesey on a search for Nazi gold in the Caribbean

234 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Also writes as Justin Scott, Paul Garrison, J.S. Blazer, and Alexander Cole.

Reviews

[Nigel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not sure why Justin Scott thought this was a good idea. He essentially tells exactly the same story (how did this get past copyright) but with less style. Changing the time it was set in detracts from the story, and there is nothing new in the story to justify a re-telling. Read the original.

[Andrew Wickliffe · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one would probably be best for a literate young teenage boy or someone really interested in structure. The author apparently kept sentence and paragraph structure from the original novel.

The beginning, set on Long Island in the fifties, is better than the treasure hunting stuff but it's all fairly pleasant. The last quarter flies by.

[Lulu]

I've no remembrance of reading this, only that I reviewed it previously.

"The novel was short, easy to read, perhaps too easy, an surely engaging." [Gave it 4 stars]