Kidnapped

A popular historical fiction classic, Kidnapped is a story of adventure set in the seas and highlands of Scotland. After the death of his father, seventeen-year-old David Balfour goes to help his wealthy uncle Ebenezer. But Ebenezer attempts to kill him and, when he fails, has him kidnapped and put aboard a ship of murderers. David realizes, tooate, that he is the rightful heir to thearge inheritance his uncle is holding illegally.