Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson, is an exciting story of a young orphan boy, David Balfour, who is given a letter from his father by a Protestant Minister, telling him to head to the House of Shaws. A revelation arises from the letter that David, a seventeen-year-old, is from a wealthy family and he undertakes a journey in order to meet his wealthy relatives. With shipwrecks, crime, suspense, danger, adventure and even murder does David eventually get his fortune?