Jim's Journal

by Eduardo Vitamina

Readers will love the exciting space action in Disney’s new feature film, Treasure Planet. It’s told from the point of view of the young hero Jim Hawkins–a young man full of adventurous spirit!

80 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2002

Reviews

[Kellie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Technically a children’s book, yes. But it’s also a companion piece to one of my favorite animated movies and I found it for one dollar at a thrift store, so obviously I’m not passing that up.

Loved the illustrations, and Jim is a fun (over dramatic) narrator.

[Vanessa Dargain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eduardo Vitamina does a great job creating a truly believable journal supposedly written by the number one teenage dishwasher / busboy at the Benbow Inn on planet Montressor , aka
James Pleadies Hawkins . Hawkins receives an interesting golden sphere from a dying renegade spacer who is on the run named Billy Bones . Soon after their brief and perplexing conversation Bones enemies come looking for him and burn down the Benbow Inn looking for a stolen treasure .
Jim and his mom escape to the home of a family friend professor Doppler . And from here the pirating adventure begins . . .
Andy Gaskill's superb sketches really make Hawkins notes come to life . My guess is Robert Louis Stevenson ( Treasure Island's author ) would like this very condensed , high tech version of treasure
hunting a far future century .

It was a good prequel to seeing the movie in 2002 .