The Mysterious Howling
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place Series, Book 1
کودکان اصلاح ناپذیر مجموعه مکانی اشتون، کتاب ۱
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فرمت کتاب
ebook
تاریخ انتشار
2010
Lexile Score
1000
Reading Level
5-7
ATOS
6.8
Interest Level
4-8(MG)
نویسنده
Jon Klassenناشر
Balzer + Brayشابک
9780061986659
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- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
evharte - What do you get when you mix a newly minted nanny with 3 children raised by wolfs? Disaster, of course! But with Penelope Lumley as the nanny, the children are kept under control. At first. When the children's "mother" announces that they must all attend a Christmas ball, Penelope rushes to ready the children, who need to be educated on everything from manners to music. Can she do it? Read this book to find out!
Starred review from January 18, 2010
In this humorous kickoff to the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series, Wood (My Life: The Musical
) 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). 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. 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. Though the novel ends a bit abruptly, the pervasive humor and unanswered questions should have readers begging for more. Final art not seen by PW
. Ages 8–12.
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