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[2010]
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilized manner quickly, in preparation for a Christmas ball.
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[2015]
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English
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Presents the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" as told by young Teddy's governess, who came to work at the Vaughn family "cottage" shortly before a golden-haired girl, ragged and dirty, entered the home and soon became a beloved foster child, until evil characters tried to take her away.
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Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Determined to break the wolfish curse that is threatening her charges and their unborn baby sibling, Miss Penelope Lumley takes a seaside holiday in the hope of gaining answers from an aging mariner.
7) Born Wicked
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Cahill witch chronicles volume 1
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English
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In an alternate New England of 1900, where the Brotherhood dominates and controls society, sixteen-year-old Cate Cahill has struggled since her mother's death to keep secret that she and her younger sisters are witches, but when a governess arrives from the Sisterhood, everything changes.
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English
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When Miss Penelope Lumley receives an invitation to speak at her alma mater on the occasion of the Celebrate Alumnae Knowledge Exposition, she expects the trip to be a piece of cake -- or rather, CAKE. But preparing a great oration in the style of Cicero is the least of her problems. The Swanburne board of trustees is now led by none other than Judge Quinzy, and Baroness Hoover is wreaking mayhem on the school's beloved traditions. Meanwhile, Lord...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Unhappy Penelope Lumley is trapped in unhappy Plinkst! Even the beets for which Plinkst is inexplicably famous fail to grow in this utterly miserable Russian village. Penelope anxiously counts the days and wonders how she will ever get back to England in time to save all the Ashtons--who, she now knows, include herself and the Incorrigible children, although their precise location on the family tree is still a mystery--from their accursèd fate. Her...
11) Jane Eyre
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English
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In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret. Charlotte Bronte's novel about the passionate love between Jane Eyre, a young girl alone in the world, and the rich, brilliant, domineering Rochester has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic, ever since...
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Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Dog governess Wilhelmina Moon imparts twenty lessons that are practical and playful for dogs and humans alike.
Miss Wilhelmina Moon is a dog governess on a small island off the coast of France. Her charges-- sixty-seven dogs of all shapes, sizes and colors-- run wild. But armed with patience and a passion for teaching, Miss Moon soon imparts twenty important lessons to her furry brood. Some are practical, some are playful, one or two are a little...
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HarperCollins Pub
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
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In Scotland in 1791, eight-year-old Martha Morse, who would grow up to become the great-grandmother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, meets her new governess and learns the difference between growing up a laird's daughter and a child of a cottager.
14) La dama de negro
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Series
Sissi la princesa rebelde volume 2
Publisher
RBA Molino
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
La llegada de una nueva institutriz amenaza con poner fin a las aventuras de Sissi. La señorita Lafontaine es estricta, antipática y... ¿oculta un misterioso secreto? Por suerte, Sissi contará con la ayuda de un nuevo aliado: el granuja Gyula Andrássy, ¡quien no dudará en meterla en más de un lío! Descubre las historias de la princesa más rebelde en una atractiva edición ilustrada por Alba Filella.
The arrival of a new governess threatens...
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Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Graphic novel retelling of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel of an orphaned young English woman who accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysterious and remote Mr. Rochester. Includes a glossary and brief biography of Brontë.
16) Jane Eyre
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Series
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Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Hired by the mysterious Edward Rochester as governess for his ward Adèle, Jane Eyre finds herself drawing closer to him. But is Mr. Rochester hiding something from her? And is their love doomed from the start?
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