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Famous Five 02 - Five Go Adventuring Again By Enid BlytonChapter One CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYSIT was the last week of the Christmas term, and all the girls at Gaylands School were looking forward to the Christmas holidays. Anne sat down at the breakfast-table and picked up aletter addressed to her.'Hallo, look at this!' she said to her cousin Georgina, who was sitting beside her. 'A letter from Daddy - and I only had one from him and Mummy yesterday.''I hope it's not bad news,' said George, She would not allow anyone to call her Georgina, and now even the mistresses called her George. She really was very like a boy with her short curly hair, and her boyish ways. She looked anxiously at Anne as her cousin read the letter.'Oh, George - we can't go home for the holidays!' said Anne, with tears in her eyes. 'Mummy's got scarlet fever •>- and Daddy is in quarantine for it - so they can't have us back. Isn't it just too bad ?''Oh, I am sorry,' said George. She was just as disappointed for herself as for Anne, because Anne's mother had invited George, and her dog Timothy^ to stay for the Christinas holidays with them. She had been promised many things she had never seen before - the pantomime, and the circus - and a big party with a fine Christmas tree! Now it wouldn't happen.'Whatever will the two boys say?' said Anne, thinkingof Julian and Dick, her two brothers. 'They won't be able to go home either.''Well - what are you going to do for the holidays then?' asked George. 'Won't you come....

•The second of 21 adventures of Enid Blyton’s much-loved FAMOUS FIVE – Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the dog.•The FAMOUS FIVE is the best-selling children’s book series of all time with over 100 million copies sold.•This new Spitfire Publishers Kindle edition published in January 2019 includes the bonus section: ‘Meet the FAMOUS FIVE’.The Famous Five are back together again for the Christmas holidays and ready for adventure! When a thief strikes at Kirrin Cottage the children use a fragment of map and the mysterious Secret Way to catch the culprit. Join Julian, Dick, George, Anne and of course Timmy the dog in this thrilling second adventure.ABOUT THE AUTHOREnid Blyton was born in East Dulwich, London, in August 1897. She was a hugely popular writer, publishing over 600 books for children and is the fourth most-translated author behind Agatha Christie, Jules Verne and William Shakespeare. The FAMOUS FIVE series was launched in 1942 with FIVE ON A TREASURE ISLAND. Twenty further novels would follow (and eight short stories) and it remains the best-selling children’s book series of all time with over 100 million copies sold. The FAMOUS FIVE books have been loved by generations, testimony to Blyton’s timeless story-telling. Enid was married twice and had two daughters, Imogen and Gillian. She died on 28 November 1968, aged 71.

The Famous Five are Julian, Dick, George (Georgina by rights), Anne and Timothy the dog. At Kirrin Cottage for the Christmas holidays, the Five were not expecting an adventure.... But they found one - and some crooks - and became involved in a running battle underground. So it was all the more thrilling when they stumbled across the Code which led to the most unforeseen happenings. Timothy, ever faithful and intelligent, earns his right to be counted as one of the Five.