Five Go to Billycock Hill

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Five Go to Billycock Hill
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First edition
Author Enid Blyton
Illustrator Eileen A. Soper
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Series The Famous Five series
Genre Mystery, Adventure novel
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Publication date
1957
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Preceded by Five on a Secret Trail  
Followed by Five Get Into A Fix  

Five Go to Billycock Hill is the sixteenth novel in the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1957.

Contents

Plot

The Five are camping on Billycock Hill, near the farm of Toby, a boy who loves jokes and pranks. When Toby's cousin Jeff, a Royal Air Force pilot, and Jeff’s friend Ray are reported to have defected and stolen the newest aeroplanes, the Five and Toby are shocked. The media later reports Jeff and Ray crashed their planes and drowned at sea. Toby refuses to believe that Jeff was a spy, as he had always seemed a trustworthy man. The Five attempt to comfort the distraught Toby. Later that day, Toby's younger brother Benny's pet piglet, Curly, appears with a message leading the children to find Jeff and Ray imprisoned in Billycock Caves. The children then rescue the pair.

Characters

Adaptations

The gamebook The Secret Airfield Game (1986) was based on this novel.


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