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The mysterious howling

Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilized manner quickly, in preparation for a Christmas ball.

Main Author: Wood, Maryrose.
Other Authors: Klassen, Jon (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, c2010.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Incorrigible children of Ashton Place ; bk. 1.
Subjects:
Governesses > Juvenile fiction.
Feral children > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Balls (Parties) > Juvenile fiction.
Christmas fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary: Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilized manner quickly, in preparation for a Christmas ball.
Physical Description: 267 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Audience: Ages 8-12.
Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN: 9780061791055 (hardcover) :
0061791059 (hardcover) :
9780061791109 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Maryrose Wood was studying acting at New York University when she dropped out to be in the chorus of the Broadway musical Merrily We Roll Along, which flopped. She did eventually graduate from NYU's Gallatin School. She started out writing for the theater and film, as a lyricist, librettist, playwright and screenwriter. She was the first recipient of the Georgia Bogardus Holof Lyricist Award and a three-time recipient of the Richard Rodgers Award for New Musicals. Her first book, Sex Kittens and Horn Dawgs Fall in Love, was published in 2006. She also writes the Morgan Rawlinson series, The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series, and The Poison Diaries trilogy.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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