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Lost Island

by Ralph Henry Barbour

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateAdventureChildren's26 chapters
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CEFR level
B2
Length
26 chapters
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About this book

About this book

A young boy’s yearning for the sea leads to a perilous voyage when a fierce Pacific storm strands a ship near a mysterious island harboring the wreck of the Hatteras and untold secrets. Adventure and survival await beyond the shore.

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Contents

26 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
03CHAPTER I IN WHICH DAVID HALLARD HEARS THE CALL OF THE SEA
04CHAPTER II THE MYSTERY OF THE BARK HATTERAS
05CHAPTER III OFF TO SEA
06CHAPTER IV THE DERELICT
07CHAPTER V IN WHICH THE PACIFIC QUEEN LOSES A PRIZE
08CHAPTER VI BARNES ADVISES AND DAVE RESOLVES
09CHAPTER VII THE WRECKING OF THE KINGFISHER
10CHAPTER VIII IN WHICH DAVE FINDS A FRIEND
11CHAPTER IX UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS
12CHAPTER X CAPTAIN GRUMMITT GETS WET

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