Reading experts all agree that boys need to be allowed to pick the books that really interest them. Finding the right book is the key to transforming a kid who says they don’t like to read into a self-described “reader.” Here are the books the kids raved about because they had the perfect combination of suspense, action, and character drama, plus storylines so engaging they didn’t want to put them down. These aren’t just good books, they’re the absolute best books to captivate, thrill and intrigue your boys. Even boys who don’t like to read. They’d just rather be doing something rather than reading – like throwing a baseball or watching hockey game. But whether you’re 12 or 62, grab this book and head out to the treehouse. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson The Hound Of The Baskerville by A. Conan Doyle The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Around The World In Eighty Days by Jules Verne White Fang by Jack London The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Includes Part 1, Books, Group 1, Nos. 1-12 (1940-1943)

Rafe is an escaped slave, shipwrecked while stowing away to Boston. Molly is the strong-willed, penniless island girl who rescues him. Their wary friendship is tested when Savage Island is raided by picaroons still loyal to England after the Revolution. The two must work together to save Molly’s wounded father, expose a traitor, find a legendary treasure to free Molly’s family from debt, and spirit Rafe away to freedom.