The life of young Jim Hawkins changes radically the day an old sailor turns up in the inn run by Jim’s parents with a mysterious chest as his only baggage. Who really is the man they call “the captain”? When he dies suddenly during a pirate attack on the inn, Jim barely has time to get away, carrying with him the old bandit’s secret: a map that will drive him across oceans looking for the most fabulous of treasures… Pirates, mutinies, bloody confrontations, betrayal, and dramatic twists: you’ll find all the ingredients of the adventure novel in Treasure Island, and much more too!