ICAP 2 - The Hidden Gallery (19 page)

MARYROSE WOOD
is the author of
THE MYSTERIOUS HOWLING
, the first in this continuing series about the Incorrigible children and their governess. Both
THE MYSTERIOUS HOWLING
and
THE HIDDEN GALLERY
may be considered works of fiction, which is to say, the true bits and the untrue bits are so thoroughly mixed together that no one should be able to tell the difference. This process of fabrication is fully permitted under the terms of the author's Poetic License, which is one of her most prized possessions.

Maryrose's other qualifications for writing these tales include a scandalous stint as a professional thespian, many years as a private governess to two curious and occasionally rambunctious pupils, and whatever literary insights she may have gleaned from living in close proximity to a clever but disobedient dog. You can visit her online at www.maryrosewood.com.

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“It's the best beginning since
The Bad Beginning
[by Lemony Snicket] and will leave readers howling for the next episode.”

—
Kirkus Reviews
(starred review)

“How hearty and delicious. Smartly written with a middle-grade audience in mind, this is both fun and funny and sprinkled with dollops of wisdom (thank you, Agatha Swanburne). How will it all turn out? Appetites whetted.”

—ALA
Booklist
(starred review)

“With a Snicketesque affect, Wood's narrative propels the drama. Pervasive humor and unanswered questions should have readers begging for more.”

—
Publishers Weekly
(starred review)

“Jane Eyre meets Lemony Snicket in this smart, surprising satire of a nineteenth-century English governess story. Humorous antics and a climactic cliff-hanger ending will keep children turning pages and clamoring for the next volume, while more sophisticated readers will take away much more. Frequent platesized illustrations add wit and period flair.”

—
School Library Journal
(starred review)

“Every newspaper and website in America is going to tell you that
The Mysterious Howling
will leave you HOWLING FOR MORE! So I'm not going to say that. But it's really good.”

—Adam Rex, author of
The True Meaning of Smekday

THE INCORRIGIBLE CHILDREN OF ASHTON PLACE,
BOOK I: THE MYSTERIOUS HOWLING

THE INCORRIGIBLE CHILDREN OF ASHTON PLACE BOOK 2: THE HIDDEN GALLERY
. Text copyright © 2011 by Maryrose Wood. Illustrations copyright © 2011 by Jon Klassen. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Wood, Maryrose.

The hidden gallery / by Maryrose Wood; [illustrations by Jon Klassen].—1st ed.

p. cm.—(The incorrigible children of Ashton Place; bk. 2)

Summary: Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a governess trained at the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, takes the three Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place to London, England, and learns they are under a curse.

ISBN 978-0-06-179112-3

[1. Governesses—Fiction. 2. Feral children—Fiction. 3. Orphans—Fiction. 4. Blessing and cursing—Fiction. 5. London (England)—Fiction. 6. England—Fiction.] I. Klassen, J., ill. II. Title.

PZ7.W8524Hid 2011     2010032737

[Fic]—dc22     CIP

AC

FIRST EDITION

EPub Edition © January 2011 ISBN: 978-0-06-206971-9

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