Then There Were Five Author:Elizabeth Enright With Father in Washington and Cuffy away visiting a sick cousin, the Melendy children - Mona, Rush, Randy, and Oliver - have to take care of themselves and the farm with just Willie, the hired man, to help. Things begin to happen right from the moment when Rush starts out in the buggy to collect scrap - and discovers a mysterious house and a bo... more »y who needs a friend desperately.« less
The Melendy children find they have to care for themselves and the farm with only the hired man to help. Enright was the Newberry Award winner in 1939 and this book was a classic when I was growing up.