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Coral Island Book Description: Ralph wakes up in a small house in a charming fishing town. Ralph, the child of a family that has made their living solely by seafaring for generations, grows up listening to adventurous sea stories every day. There are so many adventures to be told that the more he listens to them, the more Ralph's longing for the sea increases. He dreams of the day he will go to sea. At the age of fifteen, Ralph achieves his dreams. He is now a steward on the ship called The Arrow... There are two more stewards on the ship: Jack and Peterkin... With the tropical winds behind him, the Arrow sails towards the Pacific Ocean. The adventure they will tell has now begun... Unfortunately, when their ship gets caught in a storm, it is dragged onto the rocks and destroyed. Only three friends survived the accident, who were dragged by the waves to the shore of a coral island. When they open their eyes with the joy of survival, they are unaware of the difficult days that await them on this island. Coral Island is one of the most important works of Scottish adventure writer Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894). (From the Promotional Bulletin)