Melendy Quartet Book 3

With Father in Washington and Cuffy, their housekeeper, away visiting a sick cousin, the Melendy kids left behind at the Four-Story Mistake might encounter almost anything. In the Melendy family, adventures are inevitable: 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; and Mr. Titus and the catfish. 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.

The Melendy kids, left alone at the Four-Story Mistake while their father and their housekeeper, Cuffy, are away, are bound to encounter all sorts of adventures. The Melendy family is no stranger to excitement: the DeLacey brothers' villainy, Rush's composition of Opus 3, Mona's first rhubarb pie and canning endeavors, Randy's arrowhead discovery, the Red Cross auction and fair, and Mr. Titus and the catfish. However, the most remarkable event is the friendship that blossoms between the Melendy children and Mark Herron, starting with a scrap-collection mission and culminating in a grand celebration on Oliver's birthday.

Elizabeth Enright's classic story, Then There Were Five, is the third installment in her Melendy Quartet, a series that delightfully chronicles the close-knit Melendy family and their surprising escapades during a long, glorious summer in the country. Readers are captivated by the resourceful and endearing Melendy bunch and their ability to turn even the most ordinary situations into extraordinary adventures.

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