Treasure Island is an exciting adventure story about buried treasure and treasure maps, pirates and mutinies gunfights and sword fights, narrow escapes, and a young hero who manages to save the day. The book opens in a seaside inn where the owner's son, Jim Hawkins is writing down his experience about his voyage to Treasure Island. He recounts a series of strange occurrences at the inn that took him away from the calm country life to a venturesome voyage to Treasure Island. The gripping tale is also the story of one boy coming of age. At the outset of the novel.