Title: The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling Author: Maryrose Wood Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren Publisher: Books on Tape Publication Date: 2010 ISBN-13: 978-0307711229 Listening copy via Sync I downloaded The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood last summer as part of Sync's audiobook promotion , and I finally got a chance to listen to this delightful novel. The Mysterious Howling is the first in The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series, a rollicking good read for children through younger YA. Penelope Lumley is the fifteen year old governess from the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females and her first job is to teach three children who were literally raised by wolves until discovered by Lord Ashton and brought to Ashton Place. The children, Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia, are given to howling at the moon, eating their food uncomfortably rare, and chasing squirrels. But Miss Lumley has the pluck and good sense of ...
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