Jim Hawkins and the Curse of Treasure Island the Admiral Benbow until he comes of age and can claim the inheritance. With the fresh treasure taken from the island, Jim further improves the inn and expands its clientele. He builds a small house nearby for Ben Gunn, who had assisted in the expedition. Jim Hawkins and the Curse of Treasure Island Jim Hawkins and the Curse of Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Frank Delaney, written under the pseudonym of Francis Bryan. It is a sequel to the novel Treasure island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Twelve years after the events chronicled in "Treasure Island," Jim Hawkins (the
Where the Heart Is (novel) Where the Heart Is (novel) Where the Heart Is is a 1995 novel by Billie Letts. It was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in December 1998. A 2000 film of the same name was directed by Matt Williams, starring Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd and Stockard Channing. "Where the Heart Is" follows the lives of Novalee Nation, Willy Jack Picken, and their daughter Americus Nation for a period of seven years in the 1980s and early 1990s. Above all, the book dramatizes in detail the tribulations of lower-income and foster children in the United States. This novel opens with