THE SECRET ISLAND
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Author: Enid
Blyton Published
in: 1938 Main
Characters: Mike, Peggy, Nora and Jack |
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Synopsis: This story
started with 3 siblings with the names of Mike, Peggy and Nora. Since their
parents mysteriously disappeared in an aeroplane crash, they had been under
the care of their cruel and bad tempered aunt and uncle, named Harriet and
Henry. Their unloving aunt and uncle made them to every single house chore
that needed to be done, and scolded them viciously when it hadn’t been done
to satisfaction. The children think that there is no more hope that their
parents will return… will they live with their aunt and uncle forever? Luckily, the
children were very good friends with a young boy named Jack. He was tall, but
he didn’t look much older than the children. Nobody knew his age, because he didn’t
know it himself. Jack lived with his grandfather on a small farm that he had
to take care of. He didn’t enjoy it much there, but he was always very
sympathetic to the children. Jack hade many amazing qualities. He was able to
catch fish, skin rabbits and live out in the wild! One day,
Nora (the youngest sibling) was devastated as her aunt had screamed at her
for not washing the curtains properly. Jack knew something had to be done; he
couldn’t just stand around and watch his friends get hurt without doing anything
at all! Jack, being
a kind hearted boy, decided to have a smart plan to help his friends. ‘You mustn’t
tell anyone.’ he whispered. Jack explained to them about a mysterious island
on the other side of the lake. ‘Yesss Yess lets go!!!’ Nora squeaked. The 4
friends rowed their way across the freezing lake and eventually made it
through. The island was perfect: it had a clean water spring, heather, bracken
and even caves to hide it! It was the most beautiful place the children had
ever seen! At once, they all agreed that they would leave their old lives
behind them and start a new adventure… All that
week, the children were carefully carrying out their plans. Harriet and Henry
could not understand why the children were acting so differently; they did
not mind being scolded at all! Even Nora didn’t burst into tears when she was
shouted at. They were all much too excited to move to the secret island. After some
difficulty – which took them quite a while- the 4 friends were able to move
everything that they owned to the island. Clothes, Food, Cutlery, Books,
Plates, Drawing items, Blankets and everything that their Aunt and Uncle won’t
notice had gone. After a
while, the children settled well onto the island. They were finally free;
they could do whatever they liked, go wherever they wanted! But of course,
the children could not live in harmony forever! They faced many difficulties:
shortage of food, arguments and many more. Their worst fear was what if
someone came onto the island and revealed their secret that they had been
trying to hide? Will the
children be able to survive under harsh winter conditions? Will they ever get
caught? Do they find their parents at last? Read this wonderful book by Enid
Blyton to find out!
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Why I like
this book: This is such
an amazing story about cooperation and working together as a team to solve
the problems. Many plots unfold along the way, and it drags the reader into
wanting to read more about the Childrens’ adventure. If you like reading
books about people stranded on desert islands, you should read this :D :P
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