| Then There Were Five Contributor(s): Enright, Elizabeth (Author), Enright, Elizabeth (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0312376006 ISBN-13: 9780312376000 Publisher: Square Fish OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: The Melendys all live with their father, who is a writer, and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper. Enright's Melendy Quartet, which captures the lively adventures of a family as they move from the city to the country, is now available in new editions. Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - Country Life - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 780 |
| Series: Melendy Quartet |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.26" W x 7.76" (0.52 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Seasonal - Summer |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 69687 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With Father in Washington and Cuffy, their housekeeper, away visiting a sick cousin, almost anything might happen to the Melendy kids left behind at the Four-Story Mistake. In the Melendy family, adventures are inevitable: Mr. Titus and the catfish; the villainy of the DeLacey brothers; Rush's composition of Opus 3; Mona's first rhubarb pie and all the canning; Randy's arrowhead; the auction and fair for the Red Cross. But best of all is the friendship with Mark Herron, which begins with a scrap-collection mission and comes to a grand climax on Oliver's birthday. Here is Elizabeth Enright's classic story of a long and glorious summer in the country with the resourceful, endearing Melendy bunch. Then There Were Five is the third installment of Enright's Melendy Quartet, an engaging and warm series about the close-knit Melendy family and their surprising adventures. |
Contributor Bio(s): Enright, Elizabeth: - Elizabeth Enright (1907-1968) was born in Oak Park, Illinois, but spent most of her life in or near New York City. Her mother was a magazine illustrator, while her father was a political cartoonist. Illustration was Enright's original career choice and she studied art in Greenwich, Connecticut; Paris, France; and New York City. After creating her first book in 1935, she developed a taste, and quickly demonstrated a talent, for writing. Throughout her life, she won many awards, including the 1939 John Newbery Medal for Thimble Summer and a 1958 Newbery Honor for Gone-Away Lake. Among her other beloved titles are her books about the Melendy family, including The Saturdays, published in 1941. Enright also wrote short stories for adults, and her work was published in The New Yorker, The Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, The Yale Review, Harper's, and The Saturday Evening Post. She taught creative writing at Barnard College. Translated into many languages throughout the world, Elizabeth Enright's stories are for both the young and the young at heart. |