Book Review - Famous 5 - Five Have Plenty of Fun

Author: Enid Blyton

Genre: Adventure + Crime + Mystery

Recommended: 8+ Children

Main Characters: Aunt Fanny, Joanna the Cook, Uncle Quentin, Berta, Elbur, Julian, Dick, Anne, George her real name is Georgina, but she will not answer you if you call her Georgina) Sally the dog and Timmy the dog.

Rating: 5/5

 

Summary:

 

Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog make the Famous Five. In this book, they spend their holidays at Kirrin Bay. Uncle Quentin and Aunt Fanny live there, with George. Uncle Quentin is a scientist, and now he is working on a very important experiment. Unfortunately, a scientist who is working with Uncle Quentin, Elbur Wright, has been warned by the police that his daughter, Berta, may be kidnapped. He has promised the kidnappers that he will give them all the secrets of their experiment to get Berta back. Uncle Quentin is very angry now. Elbur thinks Berta needs to be protected, so she comes to Aunt Fanny’s house. She is American and has an American accent. She sleeps in the attic with Joanna. She also takes a dog called Sally with her.

 

 Then, Uncle Quentin gets a letter from Elbur, saying that he had done some miscalculations and Uncle Quentin needed to come to him NOW. So, the five and Berta were left to be cared by Joanna, the kind cook. Then Joanna got a letter from Elbur, saying that Berta should be dressed up as a boy. When they did, she looked exactly like a boy, with short hair, tie and jeans! Unfortunately, one day, Timmy the dog was sent upstairs to protect Berta and, because there wasn’t enough room for Sally the dog and Timmy, Sally was sent downstairs to George’s room. Sally was terrified at being separated from Berta, so she ran around like crazy in the room. George had enough of it and went to put Sally in the kennel. The kidnappers were waiting there, and, because she looked a little like Berta with Sally, she became kidnapped! In the morning, the others figure out that George has been kidnapped. For extra safety, Berta is sent to Joanna’s cousin. Then, Dick, Julian (with the help of Jo, their friend) and a helpful note written by George when she was kidnapped which said “Gringo”, found out the place where George was kidnapped. She was taken to a house, and Julian and dick rescued her. They also locked the doors of the rooms which had the kidnappers in them. They call the police, and everything is back to normal!

 

Why I liked this book:

I liked this book as Enid Blyton’s wording is very good. When you read her books, you are always excited. This book is so exciting that I sometimes read it way past my bedtime! Also, Enid Blyton can create suspense. Suspense is key to adventure books. Suspense makes you want to read adventure books. If there was no suspense in an adventure book, then it would be boring!

 

This is the tenth book in the series. Overall, this book is fantastic.