Treasure Island!!!Europa Editions, 7. des. 2011 - 172 síður A young slacker decides to live her life according to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure: “A rollicking tale, shameless, funny and intelligent” (The New York Times). When a college graduate with a history of hapless jobs (ice cream scooper, gift wrapper, laziest ever part-time clerk at The Pet Library) reads Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Treasure Island, she is dumbstruck by the timid design of her life. When had she ever dreamed a scheme? When had she ever done a foolish, overbold act? When had she ever, like Jim Hawkins, broken from her friends, raced for the beach, stolen a boat, killed a man, and eliminated an obstacle that stood in the way of her getting a hunk of gold? Convinced that Stevenson’s book is cosmically intended for her, she redesigns her life according to its Core Values: boldness, resolution, independence, and horn-blowing. Accompanied by her mother, her sister, and a hostile Amazon parrot that refuses to follow the script, our heroine embarks on a domestic adventure more frightening than anything she’d originally planned. Treasure Island!!! is the story of a ferocious obsession, told by an original voice—“insane, hilarious, and irreverent” (Alice Sebold). “Highly original . . . will keep you entertained in spite of (or more accurately, because of) its toxic narrator.” —Library Journal “A hoot.” —Kirkus Reviews |
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... Jim Hawkins in the deserted stockade , Lars , my boyfriend , left a message on my voicemail , saying did I want to go out for a burrito . Here is my life , I thought . And there is the adventurous life kicking out the covers of ...
... Jim Hawkins in the deserted stockade , Lars , my boyfriend , left a message on my voicemail , saying did I want to go out for a burrito . Here is my life , I thought . And there is the adventurous life kicking out the covers of ...
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... Jim Hawkins ' best qualities , which formed , I realized every moment with increasing warmth , the Core Values of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island . I am copying it out hurriedly here ; of course.
... Jim Hawkins ' best qualities , which formed , I realized every moment with increasing warmth , the Core Values of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island . I am copying it out hurriedly here ; of course.
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... Jim Hawkins , but because we girls sat with our hands below desk level , passing around Patty Pacholewski's bracelets and rings . She had amazing jewelry . At age twenty - five , you can't read a rip - roaring book like Treasure Island ...
... Jim Hawkins , but because we girls sat with our hands below desk level , passing around Patty Pacholewski's bracelets and rings . She had amazing jewelry . At age twenty - five , you can't read a rip - roaring book like Treasure Island ...
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... a low - born family in Beijing . One day , just after dipping into Chapter XXII : How My Sea Adventure Began , I was trimming the rabbits ' nails and thinking how if Jim Hawkins got himself into a stupid job , he would find a.
... a low - born family in Beijing . One day , just after dipping into Chapter XXII : How My Sea Adventure Began , I was trimming the rabbits ' nails and thinking how if Jim Hawkins got himself into a stupid job , he would find a.
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... Jim Hawkins just about to tear open Billy Bones ' shirt - when Nancy playfully tipped the book shut . " What are you doing ? " I said coldly . I forget now exactly what she wanted , but she repeated the demands without pausing for ...
... Jim Hawkins just about to tear open Billy Bones ' shirt - when Nancy playfully tipped the book shut . " What are you doing ? " I said coldly . I forget now exactly what she wanted , but she repeated the demands without pausing for ...
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