Blown to Bits; or, The Lonely Man of Rakata

Name: Blown to Bits; or, The Lonely Man of Rakata
Author: R. M. Ballantyne

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CEFR level: B2
Length: 39 chapters
Format: The complete book

About this book

Amid the calm before a violent volcanic eruption near the Malay Archipelago, a young first mate struggles to prove himself at sea under his stern captain father’s watchful eye, caught between duty, poetry, and the untamed forces of nature.

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