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Author | Elizabeth Enright |
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Illustrator | Enright |
Series | Melendy family |
Genre | Realistic children's fiction |
Publisher | Farrar & Rinehart |
Publication date | 1944 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 241 pp.[1] |
OCLC | 299613 |
LC Class | PZ7.E724 Te[1] |
Preceded by | The Four-Story Mistake |
Followed by | Spiderweb for Two |
Then There Were Five is a children's novel written and illustrated by Elizabeth Enright, published by Farrar & Rineheart in 1944. It is the third of four books in the Melendy family series which Enright inaugurated in 1941. Continuing life at the "four-story mistake" country house during World War II, the four children have adventures that include a neighbor boy who finally joins the family.