Literature As part of the events to celebrate Edinburgh becoming the first UNESCO City of Literature, three versions of Kidnapped were made freely available by being left in public places around the city. Throughout February 2007, 25,000 copies of the novel were distributed in that way. A statue honoring Stevenson through a depiction of the two main characters from Kidnapped. Alan Breck Stewart and David Balfour was unveiled in 2004 in Edinburgh. The location for the work by Scottish sculptor Alexander Stoddart is where, in the novel, the two friends part ways. A new printing of Barry Menikoff's edition of the novel. A retelling of the tale for children. A 2007 graphic novel version created by Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy. Translations of the graphic novel were also published in Lowland Scots and Scots Gaelic. References Bibliography External links Freely available Scottish Gaelic translation by Torcuil Crichton; ebook audiobook Film adaptions of Kidnapped. There have been about 21 movie and TV versions of the book made. Trail map, map of the trail. MacLachlan, Chistopher (2006). "Further Thoughts on Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped". Kidnapped study guide, themes, quotes, literary devices, teaching guide The Stevenson Way A long distance wilderness walk from Mull to Edinburgh, based on the route in Kidnapped. 1886 British novels Novels set in the 1750s Novels by Robert Louis Stevenson British adventure novels Scottish bildungsromans Scottish historical novels British young adult novels Novels about orphans Victorian novels Novels set in Highland (council area) Novels first published in serial form Works originally published in Young Folks (magazine) British novels adapted into films Fiction set in 1751 Cassell (publisher) books British novels adapted into television shows Novels about child abduction 1880s children's books Novels adapted into comics