I would probably be more likely to recommend it to adults who like children’s books than actual children. I’m not sure what modern children would make of this book, where a little girl (who happens to own her own gun, a fowling piece) exclaims, “How vexatious!” and her father uses “minx” and “hussy” as affectionate nicknames when he teases his spoiled but good hearted girl. By the end, I just had to laugh and enjoy the ride. Wilderness’s remedies, and the doctor proclaiming that Aunt Jane was too ill to take anything but champaign, administered to her by the teaspoon. A lot of it had the feel of kids making things up while playing: the secret passageways, the girls loving each other the instant they met (I quite liked that, though), Simon’s cave and his goose business, Mr. I loved where things went after Simon the goose boy helped Sylvia and Bonnie escape Miss Brisket, and I had to laugh at how quickly Miss Pattern (heh heh) whipped up clothing for the girls. Instead, I bumped up the speed and carried on. This item: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Wolves Chronicles): 1 (Wolves. The behavior of the wolves was bananas (before they dropped out of the plot completely), the villains were extra villainous, and there was a point when I considered joining the grumpsters who disliked the book and wrote cranky reviews. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Wolves Chronicles): 1 (Wolves Chronicles Series). This was a quick one on audio, read by the author’s daughter, Lizza Aiken, including a nice introduction about what the author and family were going through when she wrote the book.
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