Wood, Maryrose.

The mysterious howling / by Maryrose Wood ; illustrated by Jon Klassen. - 267 , 7 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - Incorrigible children of Ashton Place ; bk. 1 .

Wilson's Children, October 2010. School Library Journal starred, May 2010. Booklist starred, December 2009. Pub Weekly, January 2010. Kirkus Starred, January 2010. New York Times, April 2010. Horn Book, October 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2010.

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.

6.8. 3-6. 1000L Lexile. V Fountas.

9780061791109 (pbk.) 9780329813963 (Follett bdg.) 0061791105 032981396X 9780062366931


Governesses--Juvenile fiction.
Feral children--Juvenile fiction.
Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
Balls (Parties)--Juvenile fiction.
Governesses--Fiction.
Feral children--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Balls (Parties)--Fiction.
Christmas--Fiction.
Wild children--Fiction.


Christmas stories.

PZ7.W8524 / Mys 2011

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