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The Secret Island (2002)

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1841351415 (ISBN13: 9781841351414)
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My mother was a great reader, who used to receive books for birthday and Christmas presents. One of her favourites was her copy of "The Secret Island", which she looked after well and let me have when I was little. This started my Enid Blyton phase and I treasured the book so much. One of the reasons may have been that I was lucky enough to have an uncle who owned a farm, with a small inhabitable island. I spent all my childhood summers there, so I could imagine myself running off to live on that island.Enid Blyton has been much ridiculed for the "sexism" in her books, but they were of a different era, and that was actually how things were in society. It's social history, in some ways. What sets her stories apart is the way they appeal to the imagination of children from many different generations. I have been reading the Secret series to my 6-7 year old pupils, and their parents have been forced to buy the books from Amazon and Ebay. Like another reviewer, I do smile over the lack of explanation of "loo" issues (including for the cow ;-)). But the description of the food, and the resourcefulness and bravery of the children is just wonderful, and I still adore the way the children are able to take risks and go off by themselves - unlike the children nowadays, who have to be supervised so closely in this age of health and safety. No wonder modern children love these stories. And how sad that they can only imagine what such freedom would be like.

Ini mungkin adalah buku yang paling sering saya baca. Pertama kali saat masih SD dan terus berlanjut sampai SMP. Berulang kali saya pinjam dari perpustakaan dan saya tidak pernah bosan membacanya. Buku ini bahkan sampai robek sampulnya saking seringnya saya baca (duh, maaf). Saya sempat lama sekali kehilangan buku ini sampai akhirnya berhasil saya miliki sendiri.Buku ini bercerita tentang 4 orang sahabat yang kabur ke sebuah pulau menghindari masalah mereka masing-masing. Di pulau rahasia ini mereka mencoba hidup dan menjaga satu sama lain.Hmm terdengar biasa saja? Mungkin iya. Tapi entah kenapa buat saya, hidup Jack, Mike, Peggy dan Nora begitu luar biasa dan penuh petualangan. Tentu saja, lengkap dengan ciri khas tulisan Enid Blyton: detail pada makanan! Percaya atau tidak, Enid suka menulis detail makanan/minuman yang dinikmati oleh tokoh-tokoh dalam bukunya.

What do You think about The Secret Island (2002)?

Yes, this is a re-read. I lost this book in 1990, when I moved from one country to another. The box that had this precious book just went missing, and by the time I was old enough to ask bookstores to order books in for me (before the age of Amazon), it went out of print... and now it's back.The story is about four children who run away and live on a secret island. It's about their adventures, and their survival skills, about how they built a house for themselves, how they kept themselves fed. I love Enid Blyton for her portrayal of smart, strong, resourceful children, and these kids are no different. And yes, reading this book 24 years later, it is a little cheesy, and I think of things that are unresolved (eg, loo issues!) but I still love it!!!
—Dav

Now I own two very different copies of this book, and I want it to be clear that I am I reviewing the original story, and not the horrible, butchered version I found when I first opened one of them. I read the first few sentences in disgust; something was wrong and I knew it. As soon as "Thaddeus" mentioned a mobile phone, all bets were off. How dare they market that drivel as Enid Blyton's 'The Secret Island'? But I digress. My now disliked copy of what is apparently based of the TV show will be forever forgotten, and I can remember instead the original that I read instead.I loved the concept! Of course, kids are always going off by themselves in Enid's tales, but this was something more. This was surviving by yourself, with absolutely no one else to provide things for you. The book has a happy ending too, which I enjoyed. I've read a few other Secrets series books, but this was by far the best. Look out for my review on book two, 'The Secret of Spiggy Holes" as well- thankfully I don't have a TV series copy of that one to compare to!
—Kirsti

This book was my childhood When I was a kid, I read ALOT of Enid Blyton. Her stories of escaping into different worlds ignited my imagination and she was probably one of the main reasons I decided to go into writing. Enid Blyton inspired me to no end.But I think my favourite book of hers was probably this one. The Secret Island. I don't know. The idea of escaping to an island and making a home of your own there. Using the grass and twigs to build a house. Bringing a cow across the lake to get milk. Building a pantry in a cave. It was something that I thought a lot about as a child. And when I discovered this book, it was like everything I could ever want in a book. I would recommend this book to every child ever and my kids will most certainly be having this book read to them multiple numbers of time.
—Camillia Dass

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