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Treasure Island — Content Guide for Parents

By Robert Louise Stevenson, Tony EvansReal Reads2017ISBN 978191109109764 pages
Treasure Island

Found in this book

  • ViolenceCentral
  • Scary contentSupporting
  • Race & cultureBrief

Not found

  • Religion
  • Profanity
  • Climate
  • Sexual content
  • Gender roles
  • Gender & orientation

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Religion

PRESENT

Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

Dr Livesey opened up the folded paper - it was a hand-drawn map of a small island. My heart raced as I saw the three crosses in red ink, and next to them the following words: 'Most of the treasure lies here'. After the discovery of the map young Jim Hawkins joins an expedition to the island with Dr Livesey and the squire. But who else knows the secret of the buried treasure? Soon Jim and his companions find that they are in a desperate fight for survival with Captain Flint's old shipmates, who are determined to kill everyone who stands between them and the hidden gold. Who is the peculiar man who lives on the island? Whose side is he on? When Jim is separated from his friends, can he think of a way to outwit the pirates before they capture him?

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Treasure Island appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    The story runs on mutiny, sword, knife and gun fights, murders and a battle at the stockade, and the boy narrator kills a pirate who attacks him. Threatening pirates, a blind menacing figure, deaths seen through a boy's eyes and a pirate attack on the boy make parts of the story tense and frightening.

  • Does Treasure Island have violence?

    Found (Central): The story runs on mutiny, sword, knife and gun fights, murders and a battle at the stockade, and the boy narrator kills a pirate who attacks him.

  • Does Treasure Island have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): Threatening pirates, a blind menacing figure, deaths seen through a boy's eyes and a pirate attack on the boy make parts of the story tense and frightening.

  • Does Treasure Island have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Treasure Island have race & culture?

    Found (Brief): The text uses some old-fashioned racial terms for people, such as "negroes" and "blacks".

  • Does Treasure Island have profanity?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Treasure Island have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Treasure Island have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Treasure Island have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Treasure Island have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.