Brief Synopsis of Plot: The novel is about a boy named David who has no guardian. His family is very wealthy, but he does not know that. So he is set of to another city to find his uncle who has inherited the money. His uncle wants all the inheritance so he would be really wealthy.
             The story Kidnapped is about a young man in the Lowlands, the southern part of Scotland. His name is David Balfour and his dad has recently died, his mother has died a long time ago. He is in an orphan and is seventeen years old. David decides to go back and seek his fortune, but before he leave to go to the city Edinburgh, he meets with his guardian, Mr. Campbell and he tells David that he has an uncle. His uncle's name is Ebenezer Balfour and he is at the House of Shaws. So David finds out that his family is very wealthy. So David decides to go to Cramond to find his uncle and meet his wealthy relatives.
             David Balfour is the main character in this book. He is seventeen years old and has no parents. David was bored and raised in the Lowlands of Scotland. His father has died in the beginning of the story. So that means it leaves David as an orphan. He is on a mission to find his uncle and a way to get money because he has no money and wants to know if he has any family.
             Mr. Campbell is a character in this story. Campbell is David's guardian and a preacher. He kindly takes care of David and reveals that he has an uncle and he is very wealthy.
             The uncle of David, Ebenezer Balfour has planned out to kill David. He has planned out to kill David because he wants full control of the Balfour fortunes. He is very mean, and treats David mean as if he is a thief. He acts like he cares for David's dad when he died. Really what he is trying to do is to kill David and control the family fortune. Ebenezer has had a fight wit David's dad in the early days over a woman, who soon became David's mother
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