The unseen guest

Format:

Audio disc

Title:

The unseen guest

Author:

Wood, Maryrose.

ISBN:

9780307968487

Edition:

[Library ed.].

Publication Information:

New York : Random House/Listening Library, ℗2012.

Physical Description:

6 audio discs (6 hr., 46 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Series title(s):

Incorrigible children of Ashton Place.

Number in series:

BK. 3.

General Note:

Unabridged.

Compact discs.

Duration: 6:00:00.

Summary:

Since returning from London, the three incorrigible children and their plunky governess, Miss Penelope Lumley, have been exceedingly busy. The children have taken up bird-watching, with no unfortunate consequences, yet.

Reading Level:

3-6.

Subject(s):

Ashton Place (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction.

Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place (Fictitious characters) -- Juvenile fiction.

Lumley, Penelope (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.

Governesses -- Juvenile fiction.

Feral children -- Juvenile fiction.

Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.

Ashton Place (Imaginary place) -- Fiction.

Incorrigibles (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction.

Lumley, Penelope (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Genre:

Audiobooks.

Children's audiobooks.

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Added Author:

Kellgren, Katherine.

Holds:

Available:*

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Summary

Of especially naughty children it is sometimes said, "They must have been raised by wolves."

The Incorrigible children actually were. Since returning from London, the three Incorrigible children and their plucky governess, Miss Penelope Lumley, have been exceedingly busy. The children have taken up bird-watching, with no unfortunate consequences--yet. And a perplexing gift raises hard questions about how Penelope came to be left at the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females and why her parents never bothered to return for her. But hers is not the only family mystery to solve. When Lord Fredrick's long-absent mother arrives with the noted explorer Admiral Faucet, gruesome secrets tumble out of the Ashton family tree. And when the admiral's prized racing ostrich gets loose in the forest, it will take all the Incorrigibles' skills to find her. But Penelope is worried. Once back in the wild, will the children forget about books and poetry and go back to their howling, wolfish ways? What if they never want to come back to Ashton Place at all?

Summary

The third chapter in The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series.

Author Notes

Maryrose Wood was studying acting at New York University when she dropped out to be in the chorus of the Broadway musical Merrily We Roll Along, which flopped. She did eventually graduate from NYU's Gallatin School. She started out writing for the theater and film, as a lyricist, librettist, playwright and screenwriter. She was the first recipient of the Georgia Bogardus Holof Lyricist Award and a three-time recipient of the Richard Rodgers Award for New Musicals. Her first book, Sex Kittens and Horn Dawgs Fall in Love, was published in 2006. She also writes the Morgan Rawlinson series, The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series, and The Poison Diaries trilogy.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 4-6-As governess for three children raised by wolves, Penelope Lumley faces many challenges, especially when Lord Ashton's long-lost mother and explorer Admiral Faucet arrive at Ashton Place. An ostrich is loose in the woods and the children's unique tracking talents are put to the test. This leads to the mystery of the children's savage upbringing being revealed. Admiral Faucet immediately thinks of money-making schemes involving the children, ostriches, and wolves along with his plan to marry Lord Aston's mother for her money. It is up to Miss Lumley, with the help of some characters from the previous book in the series, to find a way to protect everyone involved. Katherine Kellgren narrates with different voices for each character-from the prim English accent of Miss Lumley to the screeching parrot-like voices of the wolfish children. Fans of Maryrose Wood's series will enjoy the sometimes rambunctious action, exaggerated characters, and unique humor of this book (Balzer + Bray, 2012) which ends with unsolved mysteries and the promise of more adventures.-Teresa Wittmann, Westgate Elementary, Edmonds, WA (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.