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Meet the Melendys! The four Melendy children live with their father
and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper, in a worn but comfortable
brownstone in New York City. There's thirteen-year-old Mona, who
has decided to become an actress; twelve-year-old mischievous Rush;
ten-and-a-half-year-old Randy, who loves to dance and paint; and
thoughtful Oliver, who is just six. Tired of wasting Saturdays
doing nothing but wishing for larger allowances, the four Melendys
jump at Randy's idea to start the Independent Saturday Afternoon
Adventure Club (I.S.A.A.C.). If they pool their resources and take
turns spending the whole amount, they can each have at least one
memorable Saturday afternoon of their own. Before long, I.S.A.A.C.
is in operation and every Saturday is definitely one to remember.
Written more than half a century ago, "The Saturdays "unfolds with
all the ripe details of a specific place and period but remains,
just the same, a winning, timeless tale. "The Saturdays" is the
first installment of Enright's Melendy Quartet, an engaging and
warm series about the close-knit Melendy family and their
surprising adventures.
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.
A few hours after nine-year-old Garnet Linden finds a silver
thimble in the dried-up riverbed, the rains come and end the long
drought on the farm. The rains bring safety for the crops and the
livestock, and money for Garnet's father. Garnet can't help feeling
that the thimble is a magic talisman, for the summer proves to be
interesting and exciting in so many different ways.
There is the arrival of Eric, an orphan who becomes a member of
the Linden family; the building of a new barn; and the county fair
at which Garnet's carefully tended pig, Timmy, wins a blue ribbon.
Every day brings adventure of some kind to Garnet and her best
friend, Citronella. As far as Garnet is concerned, the thimble is
responsible for each good thing that happens during this magic
summer--her thimble summer.
Randy and Oliver Melendy awake one fall morning full of gloom.
Their brother and sister are away, the house seems forlorn and
empty, and even Cuffy, their adored housekeeper, can't pick up
their spirits. Will they have to face a long and lonely winter? But
a surprise message in the mailbox starts a trail of excitement and
adventure that takes them through the cold season. When summer
finally comes around again, the children have found fourteen
messages in all, and the end of the search brings them a rich
reward. Full of unforgettable moments (like finding a secret note
tucked under the dog's collar) and delightful twists of language
(the more challenging clues, the better), this fourth book in
Elizabeth Enright's Melendy Quartet makes for a grand finale to an
equally grand collection of stories. "Spiderweb for Two" is the
fourth and final installment of Enright's Melendy Quartet, an
engaging and warm series about the close-knit Melendy family and
their surprising adventures
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Gone-Away Lake (Paperback)
Elizabeth Enright; Illustrated by Krush
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Portia and her cousin Julian discover adventure in a hidden colony of forgotten summer houses on the shores of a swampy lake.
Two Newbery Honor -- winning series from the '50s and '60s get new life in Harcourt Young Classic/Odyssey dual editions. Mary GrandPre contributes new cover art for Elizabeth Enright's Gone-Away Lake (1957) and Return to Gone-Away (1961), with the original b&w interior illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush. The novels revolve around cousins who explore an apparently abandoned summer colony and discover two elderly people who have secretly returned to the homes of their youth. The storytelling reflects Enright's characteristic humor and her ability to imagine adventures that readers would long for in real life.
Into the Four-Story Mistake, an odd-looking house with a confused
architectural history, move the Melendy family -- Mona, Rush,
Randy, Oliver, Father, and Cuffy, the housekeeper. Though
disappointed about leaving their old brownstone in New York City,
and apprehensive about living the country life, the four Melendy
kids soon settle into this unusual new home. Here, they become
absorbed in the adventures of the country, adjusting themselves
with all their accustomed resourcefulness and discovering the many
hidden attractions that the Four-Story Mistake has to offer. "The
Four-Story Mistake" is the second installment of Enright's Melendy
Quartet, an engaging and warm series about the close-knit Melendy
family and their surprising adventures.
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