BOOK REVIEW
The Famous Five – Five on a Treasure Island
A quiet usual summer vacation turns into a thrilling holiday for Julian, Dick, and little Anne together with their cousin Georgina and her dog Tim.
While the parents had planned to go to Scotland, they first drive the children to Kirrin Bay to stay with Uncle Quentin and Aunt Fanny. At the beginning “George”, who disliked being a girl, showed a cold attitude to her family members, soon changed to a warm and friendly relationship.
The five explored a small island with an old castle on it, believing ingots were hidden there. All by themselves they have smart ideas to light their way and with some luck too, leads to an exciting adventure.
A quiet usual summer vacation turns into a thrilling holiday for Julian, Dick, and little Anne together with their cousin Georgina and her dog Tim.
While the parents had planned to go to Scotland, they first drive the children to Kirrin Bay to stay with Uncle Quentin and Aunt Fanny. At the beginning “George”, who disliked being a girl, showed a cold attitude to her family members, soon changed to a warm and friendly relationship.
The five explored a small island with an old castle on it, believing ingots were hidden there. All by themselves they have smart ideas to light their way and with some luck too, leads to an exciting adventure.
The Twits – Roald Dahl
Mr and Mrs Twit are two ugly, smelly, nasty people, who spend their lives playing nasty tricks on each other.
Mrs Twit, who uses a walking stick, does not like children. They enjoy treating animals with cruelty, by luring birds to glue-smothered trees so that they can be baked into bird pie, and by tormenting their pet monkeys, Muggle-Wump and his family, by getting them to stand upside down, one on top of the other.
Mr and Mrs Twit are two ugly, smelly, nasty people, who spend their lives playing nasty tricks on each other.
Mrs Twit, who uses a walking stick, does not like children. They enjoy treating animals with cruelty, by luring birds to glue-smothered trees so that they can be baked into bird pie, and by tormenting their pet monkeys, Muggle-Wump and his family, by getting them to stand upside down, one on top of the other.
Hetty Feather – Jacqueline Wilson
Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby when her desperate mother leaves her at the Foundling Hospital. The hospital cares for many such children – but Hetty must first live with a foster family until she is big enough to go to school.
Hetty is poor but happy living in the courtyside with her ‘brothers’. Kem and Gideon. She helps in the fields and plays vivid imaginary games. The children sneak off to visit the travelling circus and Hetty is mesmerized by the show, especially Madame Adeline and her performing horses.
But Hetty’s happiness is threatened once more when she is returned to the Foundling Hospital. The new ultra-strict regime is a struggle for her. But on the day of Queen Victoria’s Goldren Jubilee, Hetty gets the chance to see Madame Adeline again – and maybe find her real mother.
Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby when her desperate mother leaves her at the Foundling Hospital. The hospital cares for many such children – but Hetty must first live with a foster family until she is big enough to go to school.
Hetty is poor but happy living in the courtyside with her ‘brothers’. Kem and Gideon. She helps in the fields and plays vivid imaginary games. The children sneak off to visit the travelling circus and Hetty is mesmerized by the show, especially Madame Adeline and her performing horses.
But Hetty’s happiness is threatened once more when she is returned to the Foundling Hospital. The new ultra-strict regime is a struggle for her. But on the day of Queen Victoria’s Goldren Jubilee, Hetty gets the chance to see Madame Adeline again – and maybe find her real mother.
