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The New Famous Five: Five and the Forgotten Treasure
Book One in the thrilling new adventure series by Chris Smith, inspired by Enid Blyton
Series: The New Famous Five
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A rip-roaring delight. Captures the spirit of Blyton with a fresh, fun new story. Anna James, author of Pages and Co and Alice With a Why Can the new Famous Five catch the thief and find the forgotten treasure before it's too late? Join the original...
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The Famous Five are back as a new group of kids head to Kirrin Island to help crack the mystery of the forgotten treasure. Join the Famous Five in this brand-new adventure by bestselling author Chris Smith, inspired by Enid Blyton and featuring original and new characters.
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A rip-roaring delight. Captures the spirit of Blyton with a fresh, fun new story. Anna James, author of Pages and Co and Alice With a Why
Can the new Famous Five catch the thief and find the forgotten treasure before it's too late? Join the original Famous Five and a new group of children in this thrilling adventure series by bestselling author Chris Smith, inspired by Enid Blyton.
When Fran, Tom, Maddy and Gilbert the dog stay with Professor George Kirrin for the holidays, they soon find themselves caught up in a robbery of a top-secret treasure map. Professor George will have to tell them about an old case of the Famous Five if they're ever going to catch the thief and rescue the forgotten treasure...
The Famous Five by Enid Blyton was one of Chris Smith's favourite series as a child. Now, this bestselling author weaves the action, adventure and danger of this thrilling and exciting world into a brand-new story, perfect for every generation of readers, with artwork by James Lancett. Join the adventure!
Series: The New Famous Five
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The New Famous Five: Five and the Forgotten Treasure
A rip-roaring delight. Captures the spirit of Blyton with a fresh, fun new story. Anna James, author of Pages and Co and Alice With a Why Can the new Famous Five catch the thief and find the forgotten treasure before it's too late? Join the original Famous Five and a new group of children in this thrilling adventure series by...Paperback$1700Elsewhere:$1999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781444978728
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 January 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hodder Children's Books
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 180g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Chris Smith is a bestselling author and the joint recipient of the 2024 Ruth Rendell award for his work promoting literacy and campaigning for school libraries. Chris created the Kid Normal series with his friend Greg James and recently the pair published The Twits Next Door which became an instant bestseller. Chris is also a solo author and has published two fantasy adventures set in his fictional kingdom of Parallelia including Frankie Best Hates Quests. Before he was an author Chris worked as a newsreader and presenter on radio stations including Xfm and BBC Radio 1. His most famous news bulletin is probably the one sampled by George Michael in 1998 and used on his international hit Outside. Chris lives in London with his wife Jenny, their son Lucas and Mabel the cat.
James Lancett grew up in Cardiff before moving to London to study BA Illustration and Animation at Kingston University. He now lives in Bath where he works as a bestselling illustrator and animation director, and is known for his illustrations for the Lenny Lemon series, the Adam B series, Romesh Ranganathan's Lil' Muffin Drops the Mic and many others.Also by Chris Smith
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