A review by emma_therabbithole
The New Famous Five: Five and the Forgotten Treasure: Book 1 by Chris Smith

5.0

One for our reading challenge, and this absolutely succeeded in making me feel young again! I adored every second of this, the ‘flashbacks’ were perfection and captured the original five amazingly well for a new generation, and the use of the original setting of Kirrin and the island was so nostalgic. Lots of lovely Easter eggs for older readers and plenty of good old fashioned famous five adventures for a brand new set of children. Very excited that this is the first in a new series and although it’s rare for me to read a children’s book (or at least without reading/being read to my own children) this is a series I’ll be sticking with. An absolute joy!