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Then There Were Five

Series

1 of 4

Language
English
Format
Category

Children

From a Newbery Award winner, this classic story of the adventures of four siblings who befriend an orphan “will leave you with a warm and pleasant glow” (Kirkus Reviews).

With Father in Washington and Cuffy, their housekeeper, away visiting a sick cousin, almost anything might happen to the Melendy kids left behind at the Four-Story Mistake. In the Melendy family, adventures are inevitable: Mr. Titus and the catfish; the villainy of the DeLacey brothers; Rush’s composition of Opus 3; Mona’s first rhubarb pie and all the canning; Randy’s arrowhead; the auction and fair for the Red Cross. But best of all is the friendship with Mark Herron, which begins with a scrap-collection mission and comes to a grand climax on Oliver’s birthday.

Here is Elizabeth Enright’s classic story of a long and glorious summer in the country with the resourceful, endearing Melendy bunch.

Praise for The Melendy Quartet

“Enright has a quick eye for the unexpected, the amusing and the beautiful in what might be just ordinary experiences.” —The New York Times

“The Melendys are the quintessential storybook family . . . [their] ardent approach to living is eternally relevant.” —Publishers Weekly

“Delightful . . . entertaining for any age.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

© 2024 Square Fish (Ebook): 9781250102850

Release date

Ebook: 4 June 2024

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