Project Gutenberg 2019-01-22 Public domain in the USA. 160 Hungerford, Mary C. (Mary Churchill) 2008461801 The Friendly Five: A Story Produced by Sue Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Friendly Five: A Story" by Mary C. Hungerford is a children's novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around a group of schoolgirls at Coventry Institute, focusing on themes of friendship, acceptance, and personal growth. The narrative introduces the main characters, including the spirited Lily Dart, and examines their interactions, particularly with a new student named Mary Ann Stubbs, who comes from a humble background. At the start of the tale, the girls at Coventry Institute prepare for the end of the school year, during which Mr. Bellamy makes a heartfelt appeal to the students to embrace his young granddaughter, Elfie, who is joining them at school. While the girls eagerly anticipate Elfie's arrival, the story hints at the dynamic that will unfold between them all, particularly with the later introduction of Mary Ann Stubbs. The opening chapters lay the groundwork for the themes of kindness and social class, setting in motion the relationships and conflicts that will develop as the girls navigate their school life together. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Kindness -- Juvenile fiction Students -- Juvenile fiction Youth -- Conduct of life -- Fiction Teasing -- Juvenile fiction Awards -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels 365856 2025-06-23T11:30:30.591742 text/html 368695 2019-01-21T20:33:20 text/html 608084 2025-06-23T11:30:38.117736 application/epub+zip 606330 2025-06-23T11:30:31.878782 application/epub+zip 251621 2025-06-23T11:30:31.207829 application/epub+zip 692900 2025-06-23T11:30:42.522730 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 543095 2025-06-23T11:30:37.450772 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293524 2022-09-26T16:50:09.338048 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 325157 2025-06-23T11:30:29.547766 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 325397 2019-01-21T20:33:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19732 2025-06-23T11:30:42.678694 application/rdf+xml 15809 2025-06-23T11:30:31.330753 image/jpeg 2180 2025-06-23T11:30:31.273753 image/jpeg 123522 2019-01-21T20:33:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 532907 2019-01-21T20:33:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 533049 2025-06-23T11:30:30.634780 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog