The Treasure Map (Treasure Island (Spotlight))

Grade 5-8–In this Marvel Comics six-part retelling of Stevenson's tale, the mood is intense and the plot is fast moving. Young Jim Hawkins and his family, owners of the Admiral Benbow Inn, are immediately ill at ease when wretched pirate Billy Bones (former member of the crew under the unsavory Captain Flint) unexpectedly arrives for an extended stay. In his possession is a mysterious sea chest. When Billy dies of a stroke, Jim and his mother open the chest to discover a map and plan a voyage to find the treasure, escaping just before Billy's vile former shipmates arrive. The untrustworthy Long John Silver is hired as the ship's cook, and he brings aboard a number of former Flint shipmates. Things soon get ugly as the search intensifies, putting Jim in harm's way.