Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (retold by Chris Tail)


Treasure Island
is by Robert Louis Stevenson and retold by Chris Tail. Treasure Island takes place around the 1880s. The setting is at sea and on two islands, Bone Island and Treasure Island. The main character is named Jim Hawkins. The story is Jim trying to get to Treasure Island, and how the crew and one captain named Long John Silver are kind of bad. It also is about living the life of a pirate.

In Treasure Island Jim is a brave, determined, and smart 9 year old boy. He was brave because he dared to journey across the sea from his home town. Jim was a determined boy because he was intrigued by Treasure Island and wanted to avenge a captain. He was a very smart because he used a map to find Treasure Island and its coordinates.

Meeting Long John Silver was an important part because it made getting to Treasure Island really difficult. Long John Silver was the only thing stopping them from finding Treasure Island because he was greedy. Bone Island was an important event because that is when they were able to find the exact location of where Treasure Island was (at first they only knew where the area was) and they got rid of Long John Silver by leaving him on a Island. These events were interesting because when you first meet Long John Silver all you hear is he’s mean but later Jim experiences it and knows how mean he actually is. He is the description of mean.

Treasure Island was a very good book because on Bone Island Jim wandered into the forest and found and listened to important information, it was very interesting and super intense which I liked. Treasure Island was also a good book because Jim gets tortured and he also got some experience with fighting. I recommend Treasure Island because when you read it gives you the tiniest details which makes everything better. This book reminds me of the starting of Spongebob Squarepants when the pirate is there. It reminded me of the starting of Spongebob Squarepants because at the beginning there is a pirate and throughout Treasure Island there were pirates. I’ll give it a 5 star rating.

10 thoughts on “Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (retold by Chris Tail)

  1. Hi it’s Mayer. I like how you pointed out how Jim is so determined. You mentioned that a couple of times to make it a bigger part of your book review. I also like how you described Long john Silver, because you said he was mean but you didn’t say why he was mean or what he did. That’s one of the reasons I really like your book review.

  2. I realy liked your book review, you made it so interesting the way you wrote it. I like how you discribide the pirate, “He is the discription of mean. I want to read that book now because you explained it so well.

  3. I think that this is the very first time I’ve ever heard Treasure Island equated with Spongebob! I’m wondering what sent you in the direction of the classics? Were you looking for a pirate story, or adventure story, or just a good book?

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