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. The academy's board of trustees asks Penelope to demonstrate the academic progress of her three charges to evaluate her Swanburne education and determine the future of the school. Now Penelope's job with the Incorrigibles is at risk.
year: 2013
call number/section: 1000
subjects: orphans, juvenile fiction, fiction, london (england), juvenile fiction, fiction, governesses, feral children, schools, wild children, school stories, england, humorous fiction
Editions
Wood, Maryrose
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2013)
"Turning sixteen is a bittersweet occasion for Miss Penelope Lumley: Her parents remain disappointingly absent, and her perfectly nice young playwright friend, Simon Harley-Dickinson, has not been heard from since he went to visit his ailing great-uncle Pudge in the old sailors' home in Brighton."--Jacket flap.
Schools: 15
Wood, Maryrose
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. The academy's board of trustees asks Penelope to demonstrate the academic progress of her three charges to evaluate her Swanburne education and determine the future of the school. Now Penelope's job with the Incorrigibles is at risk.
Schools: 2