Not willing to give up their quest, Julian sneaks into Uncle Quentin's study and takes the box, which contains an old map of Kirrin Castle. The box breaks open, but the noise disturbs Uncle Quentin who confiscates the box. The box proves difficult to open, so they throw it from the highest window of the house. The following day, the five visit the wreck and discover the captain's cabin, where they find some objects belonging to George's great-great-great-grandfather, including an old box which they take back to Kirrin Cottage. Excited by these developments, they decide to come back at dawn the next day to investigate the wreck before it is discovered. While they take shelter on the island, the sea throws up the old shipwreck, grounding it on the rocks surrounding the island. After visiting the wreck, the five arrive on the Island and are exploring the ruined castle when a huge storm blows up, making it too dangerous for them to return to the mainland. He had been transporting gold when the ship was wrecked in a storm, but despite divers investigating the wreck, the gold was never found. On their way to Kirrin Island, George shows her cousins a shipwreck, explaining it was her great-great-great grandfather's ship. Despite an uncomfortable start, the cousins become firm friends and George introduces them to her beloved dog Timothy (Timmy), who secretly lives with the fisher boy, Alf, in the village as George's parents will not allow her to keep Timmy. They also meet their cousin Georgina, a surly, difficult girl, who tries hard to live like a boy and only answers to the name George. When siblings Julian, Dick and Anne cannot go for their usual summer holiday to Polseath, they are invited to spend the summer with their Aunt Fanny and Uncle Quentin at their home Kirrin Cottage, in the coastal village of Kirrin. Meade's 1892 book Four on an Island, which also recounts a story of four related children including a tomboy along with a dog living on a private island with a shipwreck. It has been suggested that the book was influenced by L. The first edition of the book was illustrated by Eileen Soper. It is the first book in The Famous Five series. Five on a Treasure Island (published in 1942) is a popular children's book by Enid Blyton.

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