Three boys shipwrecked on a Pacific island build an idyllic life until pirates and cannibals intrude. Ballantyne's classic boys' adventure.
Books mentioned in The Coral Island (1)
Captain Cook's Voyages by James Cook: “The only book I found on board, after a careful search, was a volume of Captain Cook's voyages.”
Books that mention The Coral Island (3)
Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling: “I--I only thought,' he stammered; 'I've got a book called _The Gorilla Hunters_--it's a continuation of _Coral Island_, sir--and it says there that the gorillas (they're big monkeys, you know) were always chewing iron up.”
Babel Tower by A. S. Byatt: “Named in the same passage as Pilgrim's Progress.”
Lord of the Flies by William Golding: “'Treasure Island—' 'Swallows and Amazons—' 'Coral Island—' Ralph waved the conch.”