Kidnapped

Set in Scotland just after the Jacobite rebellions and narrated by the teenager David Balfour, Kidnapped is an adventure book that focuses very much on travel. It moves from the Lowlands of Scotland, to a ship, to the west of Scotland and then all the way across the Highlands—through forests, plains, and moors—before finally returning to the Lowlands. It is a story of the narrator who is searching for his true birthright and is determined to make a fortune after the death of his parents.
David leaves his home in Scotland after the death of his parents and meets his uncle for the first time in his life. His uncle is a very mean person who, at first, tried to kill David by devious means and later got him kidnapped onto a slave ship. David meets many characters of different backgrounds and social status. On the ship, he makes friends with a Scottish rebel, Alan, and together they successfully defeat the crew members. Alan cherishes a dream to overthrow the British rulers of Scotland. Soon after the shipwreck, the two escaped but were later charged for being accomplices in the murder of a British supporter, Colin Campbell.
The story is very exciting and adventurous, and the readers will like the way the novel slowly unfolds. The story is set in 1751 and the author has successfully narrated the story keeping in mind the history of the time.
The primary motive of the author for writing this adventurous story is for the pleasure of schoolboys. The story is fairly well researched and includes a great amount of realistic description. The book has originally been published in Young Folks magazine, but it is written in a style that can entertain both children and adults.