By Robert Louis Stevenson
Young David Balfour is betrayed, kidnapped, carried aboard a ship, and drawn into danger and political conflict in Scotland. His partnership with Alan Breck Stewart becomes a tense story of survival, loyalty, trust, and independence.
Each Starline Classic Literature title is designed for independent learning. Students work through manageable reading sections, study Words to Know, answer comprehension and literary-thinking questions, complete reviews/checkpoints, and finish with a Final Review and Final Test. The clear student-facing routine encourages students to read, respond, score, correct, and re-score their work.
Literary focus: first-person adventure narration, suspense, sequence, motivation, trust, historical and geographic setting, loyalty, courage, identity, and independence.
Suggested pace: about 3–4 weeks.
Included with this individual book: Student Workbook + matching Score/Test Key.