The Coral Island

Name: The Coral Island
Author: R. M. Ballantyne

by R. M. Ballantyne

Adventure novel of boys surviving on exotic tropical island

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R. M. Ballantyne

Ballantyne was a prolific Scottish writer of adventure stories for boys whose The Coral Island directly inspired Golding's Lord of the Flies. His stories of exploration and adventure shaped boyhood reading for a generation.

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