The RIGHT FIVE is at it again
When the Right Five are back together, anything can happen...
Summer be praised. Thanks to him, the group is once again complete at cousin George's house and enjoying the lazo beach on Kirrin Island. And what's more: will have the house to herself, for Aunt Fanny has taken Uncle Quentin away to Spain for two weeks, and the Right Five have been put in charge of the family residence. After all, Julian is already big and the cook will stay with them, so what is there to worry about? Oh, boy. When the cat is not at home, not only the little burglars in the pantry have a field day, but also the bad guys who covet Quentin's inventions. First a ghostly face appears in the dark outside the window, then the safe is cracked, and finally the goons kidnap George and the drugged Tim - demanding Uncle's drawings in exchange! Will the children rely on the police or will they try to solve the problem on their own? Although they are crossed by the obnoxious Kaja, a comedienne ripe for the picking, who makes a fool of herself and seems to play both sides?
Let's see what's in everyone. The ninth adventure takes the gang to the cliff of the Blackbeard the Robber!
They wrote about the book:
Anyone who sniffed the stories of the Proper Five as a child probably remembers the eagerness with which they devoured book after book. Despite (or perhaps because of) their formal and linguistic simplicity, they have been loved by generations of readers who now often pass them on.
- naposlech.cz about the adaptation of The Right Five in Owl's Lair
Adults are really crazy if they ban children from stories where their lives may be at stake. Haven't they read Swallows and Amazons themselves? And they survived!
- The Guardian, 1973
Enid Blyton
(1897-1968) British author is one of the most popular children's authors of all time. Her books have sold over half a billion copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages. Many of the stories have received successful theatrical, television and film adaptations around the world. To this day, more than one of the author's books is sold every minute in the UK. The London native spent her childhood in Beckenham, Kent. She loved dogs, gardening and nature and had a considerable knowledge of botany and zoology. Already at a girls' school she founded a magazine with her friends, for which she wrote short stories. After graduating from teacher training she worked as a teacher and educator. In 1922 she debuted with an early volume of poetry, Child Whispers, became a regular contributor to Teachers World magazine, and in the years that followed wrote a number of articles and educational works. In 1924 she married Hugh Pollock, editor of the famous Newnes publishing house, which commissioned her to write a children's book about London Zoo: The Zoo Book. With her husband's support, she purchased her first typewriter, a crucial step in her career. In 1929, the couple moved to Buckinghamshire, where their daughters Gillian and Imogen were born. On the eve of World War II, the author published the first volume of her series about a four-member children's group, Adventures on an Island (1938), which launched her extraordinary campaign in the field of literature for children and young people.
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