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When Miss Penelope Lumley receives an invitation to speak at her alma mater on the occasion of the Celebrate Alumnae Knowledge Exposition, she expects the trip to be a piece of cake -- or rather, CAKE. But preparing a great oration in the style of Cicero is the least of her problems. The Swanburne b...

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Main Author: Wood, Maryrose (Author)
Other Authors: Wheeler, Eliza
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2013].
Edition:First edition.
Series:Wood, Maryrose. Incorrigible children of Ashton Place ; bk. 4.
Subjects:
Governesses > Juvenile fiction.
Feral children > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Ashton Place (Imaginary place) > Juvenile fiction.
Juvenile recidivists > Juvenile fiction.
Lumley, Penelope > Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
England > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:When Miss Penelope Lumley receives an invitation to speak at her alma mater on the occasion of the Celebrate Alumnae Knowledge Exposition, she expects the trip to be a piece of cake -- or rather, CAKE. But preparing a great oration in the style of Cicero is the least of her problems. The Swanburne board of trustees is now led by none other than Judge Quinzy, and Baroness Hoover is wreaking mayhem on the school's beloved traditions. Meanwhile, Lord Fredrick has demanded some rather unexpected lessons of his own -- and why on earth have the Swanburne girls stopped using the hair poultice? Something strange is afoot at the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females. But with the help of a friendly pirate, some talented chickens, those clever Incorrigible children, and her own substantial reserves of pluck, Penelope won't be easily defeated. She's determined to give her speech, save the school, unmask Judge Quinzy and find out precisely what lies within the blurry pages of that strange diary about shipwrecks and cannibals she found in Lord Fredrick's library. Too bad the pages are unreadable, or are they? - Author website.
Physical Description:385 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
ISBN:9780061791222 (hbk.)
0061791229 (hbk.)
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.

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