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English
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While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger. Portrayal of good versus evil, as the young boy accompanies Long John Silver and his band of pirates in search of the buried treasure.
2) Kidnapped
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Language
English
Description
The adventures of a sixteen-year-old orphan who was kidnapped by his villainous uncle but later escaped and became involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"In the summer of 1723, 8 boys and 3 men were marooned on a rocky stack in the middle of the sea at the edge of the Outer Hebrides. This book tells the story of how they survived nine months of deadly storms, madness and starvation with only a few ropes and baskets, and their own fortitude and endurance to save them." --
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Pub
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
In Scotland in 1791, eight-year-old Martha Morse, who would grow up to become the great-grandmother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, meets her new governess and learns the difference between growing up a laird's daughter and a child of a cottager.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Martha Morse, who would grow up to become the great-grandmother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, experiences the larger world outside of tiny Glencaraid, Scotland, when she goes to visit her married sister in Perth.
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Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Alexander Sloane is finally a finger's breadth from achieving the government post he's worked towards for years. A minor task monitoring Bow Street funds for the Crown is his final hurdle...Cecelia MacDonald has one mission: find and steal the sgian duhb, the ceremonial dagger taken from her clan by British soldiers during the Uprising of 1745...and she's enjoying the cat and mouse game she's playing with the delectable Alexander. But when a mutual...
9) The rogues
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Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
After his family is evicted from their Scottish farm, fifteen-year-old Roddy forms an unlikely friendship with a notorious rogue who helps him outwit a tyrant landlord in order to find a family treasure and make his way to America.
10) Twilight child
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Taken from eighteenth-century Finland by her father, teenager Eleni eventually finds a home in Scotland, receiving help along the way from brounies, fairies, and other creatures she has the ability to see and talk with.
12) A rush of wings
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In the eighteenth-century Scotland Highlands, untutored cailleach Rowenna must master her craft to free her cursed brothers, thwart a charismatic tyrant, and save her village."--
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Series
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Emma Grant has been sheltered and underestimated her entire life. Her blindness may set her apart, but she's just as fierce and loyal as any of her clansmen. So when she catches word that her brother's best friend is in jail, she doesn't hesitate to race to the brawny Highlander's rescue. Laird Ciar MacDougall is on a vital mission for Scotland when he witnesses a murder -- and then is blamed for the death and thrown into a Redcoat prison to rot....
14) Kidnapped
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Series
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story about David Balfour, a sixteen-year-old orphan who is kidnapped by his greedy, villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish Highlanders against English rule.
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