Treasure Island!!!
Paperback, 172 pages, Penguin Group USA, List Price: $15 | purchase
Book Summary
Inspired by the Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island, a college graduate realizes she has done nothing even close to bold in her time on this Earth and sets out to redesign her life based on the core values of Jim Hawkins, Stevenson's hero in the book.
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In Sara Levine's Treasure Island!!! an unnamed 20-something narrator finally reads Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel and realizes that if she models her behavior on that of young Jim Hawkins, she can change her life!!! For the better!!! She'll be intrepid!!! Resolute!!! Independent!!! "Careless, clearheaded and brave!!!" Steals an Amazon parrot named Richard from her job at the Pet Library!!! Loses job!!! Lars, her endlessly patient and loyal boyfriend becomes less patient and
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