Intriguing book review on "Five go to camp" A Famous Five Adventure by Enid Blyton
INTRODUCTION:
Children get into the wonderful habit of reading books right after reading a couple of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five. Not the case every time for everyone. But from my personal experience, I fell in love with books right after reading my first Enid Blyton novel, “Five Go Off To Camp.” I started reading books since my childhood but I am telling you this book kindled my long lost instinct to read or maybe I realized I was born to read books.
A VERY USEFUL APPEARANCE:
Although “Five Go Off To Camp” is the seventh book in the Famous Five series, Ms. Blyton strives to present a vivid description of the main characters that prevents new readers from going blank.
THE FAMOUS FIVE:
The adventure begins when the four children Julian, Dick, Anne, their cousin Georgina and their dog Timothy decide to spend the summer holidays alone camping on the moors. To her disappointment, her parents appoint Professor Luffy, an insect researcher, as her caretaker.
THE SUDDEN TURN OF EVENTS:
As they reach the wastelands and settle down, all their disappointments disappear as they hit it off with the professor and begin to enjoy the atmosphere of the wastelands. Wherever they go, they find themselves shrouded in mysteries, but they did not realize that these beautiful wastelands hold the deadliest of mysteries ever solved by them.
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS:
Although in their pre-adolescents they are represented as very responsible, resourceful, brave and well-educated children, which makes them famous and loved by all. Their dog, Timmy, as they call him, plays an important role in the process of deciphering each mystery they encounter. in.
THE BEGINNING OF THE ADVENTURE:
While on the moors, they befriend a farmer named Jock, who shows them around the moors. One day, while playing near a deserted tunnel at the end of the wastelands, they are confronted by a one-legged old man named “Wooden-legged Sam”, who scares them with terrifying stories of ghost trains leaving the deserted tunnel every night. and disappears into thin air. He threatens them and asks them to stay away from the haunted place. But the Famous Five weren’t the kids who loved to stay out of trouble. This small piece of information arouses the children’s thirst for adventure and they decide to spend the rest of the holidays revealing the mysterious events of the less inhabited wastelands.
THE SPECIAL DESCRIPTION:
One of the most important things to keep in mind when reading this book is the beautiful description of the delicacies that the four children eat each day. The way the author describes it can make you salivate even though the menu is just bacon and eggs.
CONCLUSION:
The entire book captivates readers as if enchanted by the spell cast by the 4 boys and their dog and makes us feel like we are part of the Famous Five on the moors who unlock the mystery.