Mike reviewed Treasure at Amorys by Malcolm Saville
a good, slow-boil adventure
4 stars
Some dated depictions of gender roles, although a useful talking point for how these have changed. "Fat/plump" was used as an adjective too much. I was confused about the romantic relationship between cousins, I only hope they were distant cousins!
That's the bad stuff out the way. As a whole, the book is a lovely view into the 1950. Plenty of sweeping landscape descriptions, which help transport the reader. The adventure and threat is low level, with much of the time spent on the children working as a team on chores or tasks. My 8 year old loved it.