Five on a Treasure Island
The very first Famous Five adventure, featuring Julian, Dick, Anne, not forgetting tomboy George and her beloved dog, Timmy! There's a shipwreck off Kirrin Island! But where is the treasure? The Famous Five are on the trail - looking for clues - but they're not alone! Someone else has got the same idea. Time is running out for the Famous Five, who will follow the clues and get to the treasure first?
About the Famous Five Series
Books in series order
- 1.Five on a Treasure Island(1942)
- 2.Five Go Adventuring Again(1943)
- 3.Five Run Away Together(1944)
- 4.Five Go to Smuggler's Top(1945)
- 5.Five Go Off in a Caravan(1946)
- 6.Five On Kirrin Island Again(1947)
- 7.Five Go Off to Camp(1948)
- 8.Five Get Into Trouble(1949)
- 9.Five Fall Into Adventure(1950)
- 10.Five On a Hike Together(1951)
- 11.Five Have a Wonderful Time(1952)
- 12.Five Go Down to the Sea(1953)
- 13.Five Go to Mystery Moor(1954)
- 14.Five Have Plenty of Fun(1955)
- 15.Five On a Secret Trail(1956)
- 16.Five Go to Billycock Hill(1957)
- 17.Five Get into a Fix(1958)
- 18.Five on Finniston Farm(1959)
- 19.Five Go to Demon's Rocks(1960)
- 20.Five Have a Mystery to Solve(1962)
- 21.Five Are Together Again(1962)
Reading age: 7+ years
The Famous Five are a group of children who have the sort of adventures most kids dream about, in a world where ginger beer flows and ham rolls are a staple diet. Julian, Dick and Anne get together with their cousin, George in the first adventure, 'Five On A Treasure Island'. George is actually a girl who wants so desperately to be a boy she crops her hair and struts about doing boy things. She hates it when people call her by her correct name, Georgina. She has a dog called Timmy - oh yes, and an island. Most kids just have a dog, but George's parents own Kirrin Island and let her run around on it as if it were her play-thing. Her parents are known to Julian, Dick and Anne as Uncle Quentin and Aunt Fanny.