TY - BOOK AU - Ballantyne,R.M. TI - The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean AV - PZ PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction KW - Shipwreck survival -- Juvenile fiction KW - Islands -- Juvenile fiction KW - Pirates -- Juvenile fiction KW - Camping -- Juvenile fiction KW - Natural history -- Juvenile fiction KW - Survival skills -- Juvenile fiction KW - Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction KW - Outdoor life -- Juvenile fiction KW - Oceania -- Juvenile fiction KW - Robinsonades N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coral_Island; Release date is 2004-12-01; Produced by Michelle Shephard, Tiffany Vergon, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks, Charles Aldarondo and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean" by R. M. Ballantyne is a novel written in 1857. Three boys survive a shipwreck and find themselves marooned on a South Pacific island, facing adventure and danger in an unfamiliar world. This pioneering work of juvenile fiction features exclusively young heroes navigating survival, encountering both natural wonders and darker threats. The story explores themes of Christianity, civilization, and leadership, presenting a Victorian vision of imperialism that would later inspire William Golding's darker reimagining in "Lord of the Flies." (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7124 ER -