Ballantyne R. M.

Fifteen-year-old Ralph, mischievous young Peterkin and clever, brave Jack are shipwrecked on a coral reef with only a telescope and a broken pocketknife between them. At first the island seems a paradise, with its plentiful foods and wealth of natural wonders. But then a party of cannibals arrives,...

R. M. Ballantyne was a prolific author, whose most famous novel 'The Coral Island' helped change the course of children's literature. This comprehensive eBook presents Ballantyne's complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time,...