Treasure Island

After watching the streaming series Black Sails that is billed as a prequel to Treasure Island, I decided to pick up and read the original classic. Treasure Island has always been tilted toward a young adult readership. This is logical, since the main narrator and protagonist of the story is a young boy caught in an exciting, life-endangering pirate adventure. Even though many of the characters in Treasure Island appear in the streaming series prequel, I would never recommend the very adult themed streaming series to a young adult audience. It was interesting to see the continuing storylines and fates of many of the characters from the streaming series, so I can recommend this book to adults who watched Black Sails if interested in following the continuing story and to young adults as a stand-alone pirate adventure.