Heres a pick thats both timeless and fresh.

Hachette India is proud to bring back to the fore, one of Enid Blyton's classic adventure series featuring twin girls Pippa and Zoe, their brother Tom and their friend Andy who stumble into action-packed adventures on their sailing trips! The Adventurous Four was first published in 1941, the story set in wartime Britain. The Adventurous Four Again was published in 1947. These two books and a short story Blyton wrote afterwards, were later reissued as Adventurous Four Shipwrecked!, Adventurous Four Stranded! and Adventurous Four Trapped!Now publishing as a collection with all three books in one, this is an unmissable edition that will be loved by children and adults alike! The Adventurous Four CollectionShipwrecked! A trip in a Scottish fishing boat turns into the adventure of a lifetime when twins Pippa and Zoe, their brother Tom and their friend Andy are wrecked off a deserted island and stumble across an amazing secret! It is wartime and the information the children have discovered must be taken to the mainland soon, but how are they to get away?Stranded! The Adventurous Four return for another day of sailing. But when they spot a mysterious man, adventure soon turns to danger. They find themselves stranded on Smuggler's Rock with dangerous men and no way home. Will the friends survive this hair-raising adventure?Trapped! A stolen suitcase of blueprints on an island far out in the sea lands the four children straight into another exciting adventure. Can they thwart the evil schemes of a group of ruthless smugglers and make their escape?

Heres a piece thats versatile enough for every mood.