Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Five Get Into Trouble
Enid Blyton · 1998
76/100
👍 Worth It
The Famous Five are at their most gripping here — Dick's kidnapping raises the stakes well above the usual treasure-hunt format, and Blyton builds genuine atmosphere inside Owl's Dene. Generations of children have loved it, and it earns that affection with solid tension and clear-cut moral courage, even if the 1949 language and class attitudes occasionally creak for modern readers.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety78
substance70
craft74
originality68
accuracy85
hype80
age-fit85
human-eye76
Penny’s verdict76
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