Book excerpt: Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, the Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. When young Jim joins the crew of a ship as a cabin boy, he is pulled into the fearsome pirate Long John Silver's plot to overthrow their captain. The mutiny sends Jim on an action-packed journey in search of a fabled fortune. From swashbuckling pirates to mysterious islands and buried treasure, this classic tale has all the elements of a great adventure.