The Coral Island are, in his own words, "adventure stories for young folks", and "The Coral Island" is no exception. It is a Robinsonade, a genre of fiction inspired by Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" (1719), one of the most popular of its type, and one of the first works of juvenile fiction to feature exclusively juvenile heroes. Susan Maher, professor of English, notes that in comparison to "Robinson Crusoe" such books generally replaced some of the original's romance with a "pedestrian realism", exemplified by works such as "The Coral Island" and Frederick Marryat's 1841 novel "Masterman Ready, or the Wreck of the Pacific".
Jack's Return Home the paperback which tied in with the film version was published under the title "Carter" (Pan Books 1971, ). All references on the cover of the book also refer to the film under this title. The character of "Jack Carter", though not fully named for copyright reasons, plays a key role in the Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill graphic novel . The story takes place during 1969, shortly before Jack's visit 'up north' and the events of "Jack's Return Home". Jack's Return Home Jack's Return Home is a 1970 novel by British writer Ted Lewis. An uncompromising novel of a