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Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1994) was a Sottish author of children's fiction who wrote more than a hundred books. He was also a talented artist. The Coral Island is the only one of Ballantyne's novels still read and remembered today.
Who are the 'soldiers'? Why does Peterkin refer to them as 'soldiers'?
Why did the penguins fascinate the group?
Describe the penguin colony.
Why was it hard for them to believe that the old bird was not a fish?
Why did jack think that the mother penguin was going to be sick? Why did she behave so?
Why did mother penguins push the young birds into the sea?