The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place
incorrigible: adj. incapable of being corrected or amended
My resolution this year is to get my ducks in a row, to organize and better my life. So what better book to review in the new year than one about incorrigible children? I started this book after Mas recommended it and once again she has picked a winner! (Seriously, Mas, how do you find all these wonderful books??) While I was back home my sister Jessie and I started reading The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood aloud to each other. We were hoping to finish it before I left home but we didn't get all the way through. However, if you get a chance to read this to someone I highly recommend it!
In this book, Penelope Lumely has recently graduated from the Swanburn Academy for Poor Bright Females. (cheeky, right?) She takes a job as governess at Ashton Place, a sprawling estate in the countryside of England. Here she discovers that her pupils were raised by wolves and have only recently been discovered by Lord Frederick on a hunting expedition. However, armed with the training of Swanburn Academy, and the words of wisdon from Agatha Swanburn, Penelope takes on the challenge. She proves to be a talented governess but faces a challenge when the Lord and Lady of the house want to present the children at the Christmas party. The book never tells us why the children were raised as wolves and there are bits of mystery sprinkled throughout. This is the first book in a series, so it only makes sense that not all questions are answered.
I loved the references to classic literature and the bits of Jane Eyre that made it to the pages. The words of Agatha Swanburn, founder of Swanburn Academy for Poor Bright Females, also make the reading enjoyable. My personal favorite is, "That which can be purchased at a shop is easily left in a taxi; that which you carry inside you is difficult, though not impossible, to misplace." An added bonus to the book are the illustrations of Jon Klassen, author and illustrator of the fantastic I Want My Hat Back. This guy is on the rise and it was a delight to find his work among the pages of this book.
My resolution this year is to get my ducks in a row, to organize and better my life. So what better book to review in the new year than one about incorrigible children? I started this book after Mas recommended it and once again she has picked a winner! (Seriously, Mas, how do you find all these wonderful books??) While I was back home my sister Jessie and I started reading The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood aloud to each other. We were hoping to finish it before I left home but we didn't get all the way through. However, if you get a chance to read this to someone I highly recommend it!
In this book, Penelope Lumely has recently graduated from the Swanburn Academy for Poor Bright Females. (cheeky, right?) She takes a job as governess at Ashton Place, a sprawling estate in the countryside of England. Here she discovers that her pupils were raised by wolves and have only recently been discovered by Lord Frederick on a hunting expedition. However, armed with the training of Swanburn Academy, and the words of wisdon from Agatha Swanburn, Penelope takes on the challenge. She proves to be a talented governess but faces a challenge when the Lord and Lady of the house want to present the children at the Christmas party. The book never tells us why the children were raised as wolves and there are bits of mystery sprinkled throughout. This is the first book in a series, so it only makes sense that not all questions are answered.
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| Jessie and I sip on smoothies before we read The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place |
I loved the references to classic literature and the bits of Jane Eyre that made it to the pages. The words of Agatha Swanburn, founder of Swanburn Academy for Poor Bright Females, also make the reading enjoyable. My personal favorite is, "That which can be purchased at a shop is easily left in a taxi; that which you carry inside you is difficult, though not impossible, to misplace." An added bonus to the book are the illustrations of Jon Klassen, author and illustrator of the fantastic I Want My Hat Back. This guy is on the rise and it was a delight to find his work among the pages of this book.
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