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The Hidden Gallery

by Maryrose Wood · 2010

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Thanks to their plucky governess, Miss Penelope Lumley, Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia are much more like children than wolf cubs now. They are accustomed to wearing clothes. They hardly ever howl at the moon. And for the most part, they resist the urge to chase squirrels up trees.

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Yet the Incorrigibles are not entirely civilized, and still managed to ruin Lady Constance's Christmas ball, nearly destroying the grand house. So while Ashton Place is being restored, Penelope, the Ashtons, and the children take up residence in London. As they explore the city, Penelope and the Incorrigibles discover more about themselves as clues about the children's—and Penelope's own—mysterious past crop up in the most unexpected ways...

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British mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisVictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of this
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animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thisgothicgothicMore like thisLess of this
Setting
VictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of this
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quirkyquirkyMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensmiddle gradeyoung adult
Length
medium · 313 pages

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