The Thorn Island Adventure

Clifftoppers #3

by Fleur Hitchcock

For Aiden, Chloe, Ava and Josh, holidays at their grandparents’ cottage mean wild beaches, no curfew, Bella the dog, and most of all – adventure!

While sailing their Grandad’s boat along the coast with her cousins, Chloe sees a terrified face at a tower window on Thorn Island. Could the face belong to recently kidnapped young George, the only child of a rich local businessman? No one they tell believes there could be a child held prisoner in the tower. So, certain that the villains are hiding out nearby, the cousins must use all their skills and cunning to conduct a daring rescue.

Genres: Mystery, Middle Grade, Fiction, Childrens

176 pages, Paperback

First published April 2, 2020

About the author

Born in Chobham, by an airfield, and raised in Winchester on the banks of the River Itchen, Fleur Hitchcock grew up as the youngest child of three. When she was eight, she wrote a story about an alien and a jelly. It was called THE ALIEN AND THE JELLY and filled four exercise books. She grew up a little, went away to school near Farnham, studied English in Wales, and, for the next twenty years, sold Applied Art in the city of Bath. When her younger child was seven, she embarked on the Writing for Young People MA at Bath Spa and graduated with a distinction. Now living outside Bath, between parenting and writing, Fleur Hitchcock works with her husband (a toy maker), looks after other people's gardens and grows vegetables.

Reviews

[Vonprice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fast-paced MG adventure, think the Famous Five meets Swallows and Amazons, you can read a review in this blog post: http://vsviewfromthebookshelves.home....

[James Haddell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fleur Hitchcock reinvents the wholesome children's mystery adventure for a new generation.

Action & thrills aplenty in an otherwise sleepy British seaside location; vivid, pacey narrative and five young heroes (one a dog) using all their courage, brains and sailing skills to save the day!

[Nicki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great Clifftoppers adventure story.

This one is set in summer with sailing, sunshine, ice cream and ... kidnapping!! Here's hoping there's lots more to come in the series - these are fun!

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good book.
I do think the books are aimed at a younger age.

[Lilyfae · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Thorn Island Adventure is a brilliant and thrilling summer addition to the Clifftoppers collection sending us on a craving for further adventures.

This story is frankly outstanding with its nautical focus especially on the sparkling seas around we are immersed in the salt spray and tide.
For me this is real timeless children’s adventure story with flavours of Swallows and Amazons and the famous five but in a modern setting so you now have tourism instead of wild children on the island and mobile phones and sorts but the children are having this good old-fashioned timeless adventure battling kidnappers and real danger.
I thoroughly recommend this and the other a Clifftoppers stories!

[Wren (Fariywren) Hiatus❥ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book i found it very similar the famous five by Enid Blyton