Uncover clues with the Famous Five as they search for mystery treasure, discover who’s stranded on a haunted island with them and work out who stole important papers from a famous scientist. This book contains: Five Go to Demon’s Rocks Five Have a Mystery to Solve Five Are Together Again
George is on her way to a birthday party with a very special present. But she had better watch out! Two thieves are on her trail and desperate to get their hands on it…
The Famous Five are on their way to the cinema when Timmy spots a cat and races after it, taking the gang on a detour to an empty house. But it is really empty? There are some very strange sounds that tell a different story…
All George wants is a harcut, but she gets tangle up with some cunning burglars. Julian, Dick and Anne are too busy eating ice cream to help. So who will save the day?
‘The thing is – what they’re waving is red, not white. Red for danger. He’s warnig us!’ The Famous Five are thrilled to go on a caravanning holiday no parents and only Julian in charge. They all head off to Merran Lake, where a circus is camping nearby! But two of the circus performers starts acting suspiciously; they’ve got something to hide. What could it be – and can the Five…
When George spots a light on Kirrin Island in the middle of the night, it’s the first clue that there are intruders on her private island. Who are the mysterious visitors – and why are they there?
Young orphan Philip Pirrip – known lovingly as Pip – lives with his borderline abusive elder sister, who also doubles as a flawed mother figure. Narrated in the first person by Pip, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations is a story of ambition and opportunities. Despite being relegated by birth to lowly circumtances, Pip dream big. One day, luck seems to turn in his favour, and Pip’s prosp…
‘It was a town of machinery and tall chimney… inhabited by people equally like one another, who all went in and out at the same hours… to do the same work, and to whom everyday was the same as yesterday and tomorrow…’ Charles Dickens’s Hard Times is a satirical portrayal of the deleterious effect of the Industrial Revolution and Capitalism. Following the lives of its unforgett…
‘But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!’ The character of Ebenezer Scrooge has become an archetype for the merciless miser. He was a man quite content with utter disregard for the welfare of those around him. A smile, a warm greeting or a kind word were all incomprehensible to old Scrooge. …