The Interrupted Tale
Miss Penelope Lumley, governess to the three Incorrigible children who were raised by wolves, is invited to speak at the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 900
subjects: orphans [X], london (england) [X], governesses, feral children, schools [X], wild children, school stories, england [X], humorous fiction
A Little Princess
When a young girl in a London boarding school is impoverished by her father's death and made to work as a servant, she struggles to remain a "little princess" on the inside, no matter what her position.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Wishes And Wellingtons
Maeve Merritt, chafing against the rigid rules of her London boarding school, finds her life transformed by the genie she happens upon--and by those who want to steal him.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: boarding schools, friendship, jinn, orphans [X], genies, schools [X], magic, school stories, london (england) [X], england [X]
Crime And Carpetbags
"Now that Maeve Merritt has surrendered Mermeros, the djinni she found in a sardine can, she expects her life in London will be dull as dirt.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: genies, boarding schools, schools [X], friendship, orphans [X], england [X], london (england) [X], jinn, school fiction
Burglars And Bluestockings
"Maeve Merritt knows all about magic. After all, she found Mermeros the djinni in a sardine can! But not even magic can give her the freedom to do the daring things she wants to do in her life---things not allowed for girls in 1897.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: jinn, thieves, boarding schools, schools [X], friendship, orphans [X], genies, robbers and outlaws, private schools, school stories, london (england) [X], england [X], school fiction