Famous Five Book Review

Famous Five Book Review
by Madeline MacDougall
age 10

The series of books that I chose is called Famous Five.  There are 24 books in this series.  They are chapter books and are about 150 to 200 pages long.  Famous Five is a British series from the 1940s.  They were written by one of my favorite authors, Enid Blyton.  Enid Blyton also wrote a lot of other awesome books, which I love, but right now lets focus on Famous Five. 


I got introduced to the books by my Grandma and my Mom.  In my Mom's side of the family, everybody reads books by Enid Blyton.  And, Famous Five was one of my Mom and Grandma's favorites.  At first my Mom read a couple of pages to me and my siblings, but then I wound up liking it so much, I read all of the books by myself. 


So, I am going to talk to you about the main characters.  There are four people and a dog (they are children).  They are named; Annie, who is a girl with blonde hair, next is Julian, who is Annie's big brother, and is the oldest of the five, next is Dick who is Julian's younger brother and Annie's older brother, then George, who is their cousin.  George is actually a girl name, Georgina, but she looks like a boy and acts like a boy, and will only answer to George.  Last, but not least, is Timmy, the dog.  He is George's dog and she loves him more than anything. 


The Famous Five have adventures in every book.  For example, something gets stolen from their house, or they get blackmailed, or there is treasure somewhere, there is always an adventure with the five which makes it very exciting. 


When I read this book, I felt excited and happy.  Like I never wanted to stop reading it!  I was sad when I finished the last book, but I didn't want to read it again.  These are not the type of books that you read over and over again.  They are mystery and adventure books, so it is not fun if you know what is going to happen. 


I think kids should read these books.  They are awesome!  Kids who like adventure and mystery books would love these.  Kids who only like history books and true stories wouldn't like these books as much.  And kids like me, we just love them!