Authors: Robert Louis Stevenson, Fiona MacDonald, Penko Gelev (Illustrator), Penko Gelev (Illustrator), Fiona Macdonald
ISBN-13: 9780764134944, ISBN-10: 0764134949
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
Date Published: April 2007
Edition: (Non-applicable)
The Victorian poet and novelist Robert Louis Stevenson once said, "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant." The author of the magical A Child's Garden of Verses and the chilling The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson indeed planted powerful literary seeds -- that grew into undisputed classics.
When the naive David Balfour sets out on his quest for a long-lost relative, a terrifying chain of events is set in motion. He is plunged into a world of infamy and violence from which there seems no escape, until, that is, he meets the enigmatic and valiant Highlander, Alan Breck...