# The gorilla hunters

**Author(s):** Robert Michael Ballantyne
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
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**Genres:** middle-grade, childrens, travel
**Pages:** 254
**Publisher:** Peal Press
**Published:** Fri Jan 01 1960 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-gorilla-hunters

## Description

Three English boys, shipwrecked on a deserted island, create an idyllic society despite typhoons, sharks, wild hogs, and hostile visitors, and then pirates kidnap one of the boys, whose adventures continue among the South Sea Islands.

## SageChimp reader verdict

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- **Status:** Not enough unpaid reviews (`insufficient_data`)
- **Paid-hype signal:** Cannot judge paid hype from this sample (`insufficient_data`)
- **Unpaid reviews:** 0
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
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