The Saturdays is the first installment of Enright's Melendy Quartet, an engaging and warm series about the close-knit Melendy family and their surprising adventures. Author Bio Elizabeth Enright () was born in Oak Park, Illinois, but spent most of her life in or near New York www.doorway.ru: Square Fish. About the Book. Meet the Melendys, an unforgettable family that lives with their beloved housekeeper in New York City. The Melendy kids are tired of wasting Saturdays, so they start the Independent Saturday Afternoon Adventure www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 1 min. · A short-story writer and children’s literature author of significant acclaim, Enright wrote often for The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, The Saturday Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.
The first novel in Elizabeth Enright's classic children's series The Melendy Quartet, The Saturdays is the work that kicks off the adventures of siblings Mona (13), Rush (12), Randy (and-a-half), and Oliver (6). Each sibling gets only $ a week allowance--hardly enough for anything. But on a rainy day, Randy comes up with the idea that they'll pool their allowances, each taking a. Written more than half a century ago, The Saturdays unfolds with all the ripe details of a specific place and period but remains, just the same, a winning, timeless tale. The Saturdays is the first installment of Enright's Melendy Quartet, an engaging and warm series about the close-knit Melendy family and their surprising adventures. Elizabeth Enright, originally trained as an illustrator, won a Newbery Medal for her novel Thimble Summer (), the story of nine-year-old tomboy Garnet Linden and her experiences growing up on.
The Saturdays, originally published in and the first novel in the series, introduces us to the New York City based family: Mona (13), Rush (12), Miranda/“Randy” (10½), Oliver (6), Mr. Melendy (a writer), Cuffy (the beloved housekeeper), and Willy Sloper (the handyman, who maintains the old coal furnace). Elizabeth Enright has 30 books on Goodreads with ratings. Elizabeth Enright’s most popular book is The Saturdays (The Melendy Family, #1). Elizabeth Enright's Melendy Quartet follows siblings Mona, Rush, Miranda (Randy, for short) and Oliver. First published in , The Saturdays kicks off the series and centers on the foursome's Independent Saturday Afternoon Adventure Club (I.S.A.A.C.), an allowance-endowed venture formed so one lucky Melendy can enjoy a solo sojourn each week.
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