Robinson Crusoe |
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| Author:
| Defoe, Daniel |
| Retold by:
| Elphinstone, Margaret |
| Illustrator:
| Elphinstone, Katy |
| Series title: | Baker Street Readers Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-912464-21-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2019 |
| Publisher: | Baker Street Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $12.99 |
Book Description:
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Age range 8 to 12
Defying his parents, Robinson Crusoe goes to sea. He is captured by pirates but escapes to Brazil. He makes a fortune using slave labour to grow tobacco and sugar. He sails to Africa to bring back more slaves but is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. Everyone else is drowned. For over twenty years he lives alone. He learns to hunt and fish and make shelter. Then the cannibals arrive. Will this be the end of his adventure -- or the chance to escape?
Age range 8 to 12
Defying his parents, Robinson Crusoe goes to sea. He is captured by pirates but escapes to Brazil. He makes a fortune using slave labour to grow tobacco and sugar. He sails to Africa to bring back more slaves but is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. Everyone else is drowned. For over twenty years he lives alone. He learns to hunt and fish and make shelter. Then the cannibals arrive. Will this be the end of his adventure -- or the chance to escape?