The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place Series #1)

The incorgible children of ashton place

This is a fabulous book! I cant wait until the fourth one comes out! Maryrose Wood is a great author. I recommend this book for kids ages ten to twelve. Very well done.

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The Mysterious Howling

This story has a different style of writing but i really like it. the overall plot is good and it's an enjoyable read. i couldn't put it down.

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Delightful!

I think I said this a while ago, but I'll repeat: one of my favorite MG-subgenres is historical. There's nothing better than wacky characters in a lush historical setting! It reminds me that while a lot of things have changed (society, technology, etc.) the big things like childhood, human nature, and everything else has not.

The cover looked cute, the story sounded great, my Nook Color was sitting on my shelf, empty of a fresh new story, and I just had to download it. And I'm so glad that I did!

THE MYSTERIOUS HOWLING starts off with Miss Penelope Lumley, our lovely protagonist that we must first get acquainted with as Miss Penelope Lumley and then later simply Penelope, trekking her way through the European countryside. You see, Penelope Lumley-I mean, Miss Penelope Lumley, as you are not yet acquainted with her-has just graduated the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females and is now in search of a possible job. What job? Well, what else might a Poor Bright Female be than a governess to three wolf children?

When Miss Penelope Lumley arrives to Ashton Place, she is shocked to see that three children she is to take care of aren't even human children. Or maybe they are. Or maybe they aren't. All she knows is, they have a ferocious growl and the gait of an ill-groomed dog.

I seriously ADORE this book! Usually when I love a middle grade so much I call it "cute," but that word doesn't fit. The words "lovely" and "lavish" and "fun" fit. The moments when Miss Lumley Penelope is attempting to train the children, and there are many (oh yes, they so need all the training they can get), were my favorite. Their interactions are laugh-out-loud funny.

Here's my inner-publishing intern coming out: The protagonist of THE MYSTERIOUS HOWLING is 15-years-old, yet this book is nowhere near a YA. It never reads as anything but MG, and I'm in awe of Maryrose Wood's talent for keeping the MG voice with YA-aged characters. In the slushpile, I see a lot of these situations that just don't work (the protagonist has a YA voice when the story is supposed to be MG, and vice versa). This is a perfect example of how to master the middle grade voice with hard-to-tackle characters.

Really, just go out and get your hands on this book! Maryrose Wood is a marvelous story-teller.

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It seem to be a great book i reeccomemd it

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Soooo good!

This book is awesome i didnt want to read it but i had to for my BOB(battle of the books) team and it is so good! Slow start but it is totally worth it! Definitley reccomended! :)

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Most amazing book i have ever read!

It was worth EVERY penny!

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Amazing book

It was written amazinngly one of the best book I've ever read

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Amazing!

This book is very funny, and will keep you wondering what happens next. I love the humor of children school aged learning simple things like the abcs.

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Anonymous on January 10,2013

I absoulutely loooooooove this book!!!!!!It ends with a cliffhanger so I need the 2nd book but anyway its a great book!Get the book(book-haters too!)

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Originally posted at Nose in a Book This is the story of Penelo

Originally posted at Nose in a Book

This is the story of Penelope Lumley, a fifteen year old recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females. Penelope is invited to Ashton Place to help the Incorrigibles. Alexander, Cassiopeia, and Beowulf, or the Incorrigibles, were found running wild in the forest of Ashton Place. This fact however does not deter Penelope, she embraces it. She wants to dive right in and teach them how to speak Latin and use a globe; however, the first thing she must teach them to do is to overcome their canine tendencies.

This of course is easier said than done after years of the children living in the woods by themselves, but Penelope doesn't mind. She truly is up to the challenge. Things that would faze other nannies, the way they drink, the way they bark is just another bump in the road for her. She takes her time with them and they appreciate it because they slowly become `normal' in the sense that they are proper and can be seen in public by their adoptive parents when they host their upcoming ball.

The Incorrigibles take to Penelope, and she takes to them. They are quickly their own little family. This comes in handy when the mystery of the novel takes place. What is also important is many of the mysteries that take place in this novel don't actually get answered in this novel, which makes me glad that this is a series.

Also, I am a big believer and fan of audio books. There are two reasons I hit my goodreads goal this year. One: middle grade books and two: audio books. That being said, The Mysterious Howling is a book that needs to be read, not listened to. The illustrations and drawings of this book are almost as important to the book as the story is. Plus, they are adorable.

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OMG

I loved this book it was ome of the very best books i have ever read. I think you should read this book . This book left me wanting more so as soon as i finished this book i read the second and am now on the third. The children seem adorable yet distructive. I would recomend this book to everyone who likes mystery books. I love that the athor decided to add in pictures so you know what the characters are supposed to look like. Oh and i want to compliment the athir for her very creative books:)

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I absolutely loved this book. I read it when I was about 8 and l

I absolutely loved this book. I read it when I was about 8 and loved, read it now four years later and I still love it! It's fun and the kids are funny and adorable. I would definitely recommend this book to everyone. The ending is a bit of a cliffhanger, it leaves you wanting more. But it is not a terrible cliffhanger, it satisfied me enough but as soon as I put it down I came here and ordered the next two books and pre-ordered the 4th. READ IT IT'S AMAZING!

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It was amazing

I loved how the kids would say their names and there manners were adorable

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Miss Lumley is eager to teach the young children of Ashton Place

Miss Lumley is eager to teach the young children of Ashton Place, her soon to be home. When she arrives she finds that the children howl and woof. Lord Fredrick decides they should have names and names them Alexander, Beowulf, adn Cassiopea. for their last name he cooses Incorrigible. Miss Lumley is astounded by the names but passes by it and starts with lessons. She teaches them poetry and reads to them while preparing for Lady Constance’s ball. I would recommend this book for those who wish for a good book. It will keep you laughing cover to cover. This book pulls you into its grasp with the adventures of Miss Lumley, the Incorrigibles, and crazy Lady Constance. You’ll enjoy this book, I guarantee it!

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My opinion

Welll, first off, yup. This book has a boring FIRST chapter. Trust me, it gets better. It has a somewhat cliff-hanger ending, but not really. It just leaves you wanting more, and books like that are my favorite!! Anyone who gives up on the first chapter shouldn.'t even write a reveiw because THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. Okay? You can' t say ,"m well I read the first chapter...but it was really borning so yeah this book sux". NO. It doesn't. It rocks!

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Great

This was a great book. I am reading the second one now.

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HORRIBLE DO NOT READ EEEEEVVVVVEEEEERRRR

This book is terible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT is such a baby book !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!++-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!!!!!?!!

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I agree

I completly agree with "at first a bit boring"

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At first is boring...

At first this book is kinda boring but trust me it is a WONDERFUL read!!!!!!!!!! GET THE SAMPLE and if you do not like it well you did not waste money. AT LEAST GET THE SAMPLE!!!!!!!!

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If I could give it zero stars, I would...waste of my time

The book is longwinded and boring. Author is trying to be quirky, but comes off as annoying. Several mysteries posed in the book and no questions are answered in the end. No satisfaction after reading it...you are left totally in the dark. Can't believe this got published. What a waste of my time.

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