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In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.

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Main Author: Lowry, Lois
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Series:Lowry, Lois. Willoughbys (Series) ; 1.
Subjects:
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Juvenile fiction.
Humorous fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.
Item Description:"Walter Lorraine books."
Physical Description:174 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-174).
ISBN:0618979743 (hardcover) :
9780618979745 (hardcover) :
Author Notes:Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver . Her first novel, A Summer to Die , was awarded the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. Ms. Lowry lives in Maine.
www. loislowry.com
Twitter @LoisLowryWriter
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