Publisher's Synopsis

Puffin Classics bring the very best children's classics to a new generation.

When young David Balfour's father dies and leaves him in poverty, he tracks down his Uncle Ebenezer to seek his inheritance. But his uncle is a mean, nasty man with a dark family secret. David finds himself in terrible danger when he is kidnapped and taken prisoner on board a ship bound for slavery - he must escape. With the help of daring rebel Alan Breck, David faces a wild adventure as he is hunted across the desolate Scottish moors.

Robert Louis Stevenson's action adventure novel is brilliantly introduced by bestselling author, Alexander McCall Smith.

Book information

ISBN: 9780141326023
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint: Puffin
Pub date:
Edition: New Edition
DEWEY: 823.8
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 323
Weight: 226g
Height: 177mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 26mm