Product Description

Camping again! This time the gang of Five have pitched their tent near an old ruined cottage - which looks as though it's been abandoned for years! When Anne hears strange noises at night - coming from the cottage - the others don't believe her . . . Until they see the ghostly lights. All of a sudden camping doesn't seem like quite such a good idea. Is the cottage really haunted, or is there another, just as sinister, explanation?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5817 in Books
• Published on: 1997-04-23
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Enid Blyton died in 1968 but remains one of the best-known and best-loved writers of children’s stories. She is consistently voted a children’s favourite in author polls and 1 million of her books are barrowed from libraries every years. She has over 600 children’s books to her credit, including the Famous Five series, the Secret Seven series, the Naughtiest Girl series (all Hodder) and the Malory Towers and St Clare series (both available from Hodder on audio).

Customer Reviews

One of the better Fives.
The children can be trusted to go off on their own with Timmy and are plunged headlong into adventure. There are villains, strange night-time goings-on, thunder storms, and secret passages, and a comedy of errors.
This is one of Ms Blyton's better Famous Five books.
A great read.

Famous Five
I have now read all 21 of the Famous Five books, they depict an age long gone, when children could go off on holiday without adults, the "bad guys" are decent and when the Five get into trouble, no-one gets really hurt - tied up at times or locked up, but they always get out of trouble. They have great fun fending for themselves, always find a mystery to solve and solve it too.
The content may be old fashioned - I had to keep reminding my daughter (9) that they don't sit in front of televison all day or have playstations, game boys or anything else. They have to find a telephone box to call the police - no mobiles then. They never get bored, also they eat proper meals and don't snack all day on junk food - they have the odd ice cream and biscuits but they walk or cycle just about everywhere.

Enid Blyton should be compulsory reading for everyone. She was the JK Rowling of her day and I was raised on Enid Blyton books. I am now a mum of 2 and still enjoy reading Enid and a host of other authors of children's and adult books. Have read all 6 Harry Potter books too.