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  <name><![CDATA[Enid Blyton]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[A prolific British children's writer who has penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Her stories were often children's adventure stories and fantasy involving magic, such as the Famous Five series, the Noddy series, the Wishing Chair series and several boarding school series.

According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.

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  <title><![CDATA[Five on a Treasure Island (The Famous Five, Book 1)]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.85</average_rating>
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  <published>1942</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Five Run Away Together (Famous Five 3)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Enid Blyton]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.83</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>748</ratings_count>
  <published>1944</published>  
  
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        <book id="190344">
  <title><![CDATA[First Term at Malory Towers]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Enid Blyton]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.95</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>676</ratings_count>
  <published>1946</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Five on Kirrin Island Again (Famous Five 6)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Enid Blyton]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.82</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>691</ratings_count>
  <published>1947</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Second Form at Malory Towers]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Enid Blyton]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.93</average_rating>
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  <published>1948</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Last Term at Malory Towers]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Enid Blyton]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.97</average_rating>
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  <published>1951</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Five Go Adventuring Again (The Famous Five, Book 2)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Enid Blyton]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.80</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>666</ratings_count>
  <published>1943</published>  
  
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        <book id="17478">
  <title><![CDATA[Five Go to Smuggler's Top (Famous Five 4)]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Enid Blyton]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.81</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>661</ratings_count>
  <published>1945</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Five Go Off in a Caravan (Famous Five 5)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Enid Blyton]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.81</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>654</ratings_count>
  <published>1946</published>  
  
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        <book id="578282">
  <title><![CDATA[Third Year at Malory Towers]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Enid Blyton]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>597</ratings_count>
  <published>1948</published>  
  
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