Though the novel ends a bit abruptly, the pervasive humor and unanswered questions should have readers begging for more. The mysterious howling Bookreader Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Despite the slapstick situations involving the children's disheveled appearance, pack behavior, and lack of language, the real barbarism comes from the Ashtons and a society that eagerly anticipates their failure.

With a Snicketesque affect, Wood's narrative propels the drama Penelope is a standout, often invoking the truisms of her school's founder (“The best way to find out how fast a horse can run is to smack it on the rump”) while caring for the Incorrigibles-named such so they won't be presumed Ashton's heirs. ) injects new life into the governess theme by charging genteel 15-year-old Penelope Lumley (educated at the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females) with three wild children-Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia-who were raised in the woods and taken into the “care” of Lord Frederic Ashton and his selfish, superficial bride (the children are living in a barn when Penelope arrives). Maryrose Wood is the author of The Mysterious Howling and The Hidden Gallery, the first two books in this continuing series about the Incorrigible children and their governess. OL21087540W Page_number_confidence 88.36 Pages 294 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.18 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20220226193610 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 255 Scandate 20220218024911 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780062366931 Tts_version 4.In this humorous kickoff to the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series, Wood ( My Life: The Musical

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The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood