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• Murder Most Unladylike (Wells & Wong Mystery 1) by Robin Stevens
  ...t's great fun with a twisting turning plot. It's like a cross between Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie. Anyone who enjoys school stories will love ''Murder Mo
  4 KB (599 words) - 09:04, 12 August 2020
• Black Lake by Johanna Lane
  ...s is Philip, the more adventurous of the two siblings who develops an Enid Blyton childhood for himself away from the challenges his family are coming to ter
  4 KB (586 words) - 13:58, 23 March 2018
• Scarlet and Ivy The Lost Twin by Sophie Cleverly
  ...books such as [[New Term at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox (author) and Enid Blyton (creator)|The Malory Towers series]].
  4 KB (611 words) - 10:28, 24 April 2018
• Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant
  This is a real action and adventure story, with a taste of Enid Blyton to it. The start is a lovely set-up to the story, introducing first the ch
  4 KB (736 words) - 10:35, 6 October 2020
• Jessica Juniper (Kingdom of the Frosty Mountains) by Emerald Everhart
  ...events gives her a bad reputation has been done so many times before. Enid Blyton used it for her ''Naughtiest Girl'' series, and ''Jessica Juniper'' was so
  4 KB (712 words) - 10:32, 17 April 2018
• Clover Twig and the Incredible Flying Cottage by Kaye Umansky
  ...meets ''The Wishing Chair''. The writing is certainly reminiscent of Enid Blyton, with some great descriptions and healthy characters. The writing is not di
  4 KB (688 words) - 08:56, 5 September 2020
• Keane's Company by Iain Gale
  ...things. A group of new friends setting out on an adventure; like an Enid Blyton book with more gore and less dog.
  4 KB (790 words) - 13:27, 21 March 2018
• Cold Days by Jim Butcher
  ...instance there are fairies (or rather 'faeries') but drop any idea of Enid Blyton. These fae aren't at all fey. Although unable to lie, the fae of the Wint
  4 KB (716 words) - 09:52, 19 February 2018
• Tales From Hans Christian Andersen by Naomi Lewis and Emma Chichester Clark
  ...ciate this one, but it had me baffled. Thanks to my youthful prolific Enid Blyton reading, toys coming to life makes sense but the extended description of th
  5 KB (781 words) - 16:48, 3 March 2018
• Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley
  ...e to read, reminiscent of the lands at the top of the Faraway Tree in Enid Blyton's children's series. The chance to create a fantasy world, completely unrel
  7 KB (1,278 words) - 13:43, 14 May 2018
• Midnight Pirates by Ally Kennen
  ...h is one of the many strengths of this book. It is not some idealised Enid Blyton romp, but a thrilling adventure with real, heart-stopping moments. The vill
  4 KB (778 words) - 10:07, 23 April 2018
• Semi-Detached by Griff Rhys Jones
  Griff's story begins in an idyllic Enid Blyton world of unsupervised adventures and mild mischief, tree-climbing and train
  4 KB (710 words) - 14:35, 11 May 2018
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Oldman Brook
  ...ith a fantastical element to them, and authors like Tolkien, Dahl and Enid Blyton's 'Faraway Tree' books were firm favourites. I was also keen on learning a
  8 KB (1,493 words) - 09:21, 3 July 2012
• Rumblestar (The Unmapped Chronicles) by Abi Elphinstone
  ...Blizzard Bars and Fog Teasers and sip Thunderberry Shakes. Shades of Enid Blyton and JK Rowling here perhaps but still unique in their astonishing effects.
  5 KB (764 words) - 15:28, 3 September 2020
• April 2016 Newsletter
  ...rs would not have worked today [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/03/enid-blytons-cliff-hangers-would-not-have-worked-today-because-o/ because of mob
  8 KB (1,400 words) - 15:53, 10 August 2020
• The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop by Gladys Mitchell
  ...ity is just twenty and Aubrey is fifteen, there is a little bit of an Enid Blyton feel to the book, which isn't ideal for an adult reader. The author appears
  6 KB (978 words) - 15:05, 14 September 2020
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Marilyn Bennett
  MB: Rosa Guy, Enid Blyton and Judy Blume. I was part girl, part nerd as a child. These three author
  6 KB (1,102 words) - 15:43, 29 August 2020
• Summer Half by Angela Thirkell
  ...iews. The atmosphere brings to mind the Twins at St Clare’s series by Enid Blyton, in which people are good sports, where vanity and affectation are relentle
  5 KB (911 words) - 12:13, 23 March 2018
• The Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence
  ...n this. Adult fans of genre fiction buy identical books all the time. Enid Blyton made a career out of writing identical books for children. How many Hardy B
  6 KB (1,019 words) - 17:20, 18 February 2018
• I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls) by Ally Carter
  ...h the way that [[New Term at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox (author) and Enid Blyton (creator)|Mallory Towers]] was to me when I was growing up, and [[Harry Pot
  6 KB (1,063 words) - 12:21, 26 August 2020

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