Five Run Away Together (Famous Five Centenary Editions) [Import] [Hardcover]

Enid Blyton (Author), Eileen Soper (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 202 pages
• Publisher: Hodder Children's Books; New Ed edition (November 19, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340704020
• ISBN-13: 978-0340704028
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,447,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars hilarious!, October 31, 2000

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ellen (Brisbane) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Five Run Away Together (The Famous Five) (Audio Cassette)

I remember reading this book as a child and loving it. Recently while stuck at home with the chicken-pox I decided to dust off and reread my old famous fives. This one is still one of my favourites. I particularly loved the scene where the children decide to scare the Sticks with animal noises echoing through the tunnels. Even as an adult that still cracks me up! And does anyone else love reading about the food the kids eat? The scene where Julian barged into the kitchen and removed the roast chicken and treacle tart still makes my mouth water - and I've never tasted treacle tart!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent childrens' adventures, February 5, 2007

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This review is from: Five Run Away Together (Famous Five) (Paperback)

This was one of my favorites books in a serries that was a hall mark of my childhood. The children in Blyton's books have adventures that include burried treasure and secret rooms. They are gripping with nary a hint of magic wands or video games. In our world of internet and cell phones some of their problems will seem no challenge to modern children, but for those who can see these in the world in which they were set, they are wonderous.

In this adventure the children are forced to fend for themselves as their aunt is suddenly taken ill and forced to hospital, leaving them under the thumb of a venomus servant who has other plans herself.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite In This Series, February 24, 2006

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Diogenette - See all my reviews

This review is from: Five Run Away Together (Famous Five) (Paperback)

"Five Run Away Together" was my favorite in Enid Blyton's "Famous Five" series, which I first read in the 1950s. How I envied George, Julian, Dick and Anne for their adventures! They were always pretty much adult-free, with lots of delicious meals and, best of all, Timmy the Dog. Julian sometimes got off a smart remark at an adult, and George wore boy's clothes. I'm pretty sure the thrill-factor of all these things would be lost on today's kids, unfortunately.

What won't be lost on them is the singular excitement of running away to George's very own island, the mysterious wreck which has been cast up on the rocks at Kirrin Island, the secret cave where the children hide and set up housekeeping, and the way they (yet again) outsmart the Bad Guys. Highly recommended.