Kidnapped : being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751 ([New] ed.)

Puffin Classics bring the very best children's classics to a new generation. When young David Balfour's father dies and leaves him in poverty, he tracks down his Uncle Ebenezer to seek his inheritance.

But his uncle is a mean, nasty man with a dark family secret.

David finds himself in terrible danger when he is kidnapped and taken prisoner on board a ship bound for slavery - he must escape.

With the help of daring rebel Alan Breck, David faces a wild adventure as he is hunted across the desolate Scottish moors. Robert Louis Stevenson's action adventure novel is brilliantly introduced by bestselling author, Alexander McCall Smith.