The Unmapped Sea

"I never counted the months to a book’s publication until I finished listening to Book IV of the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series and howled for more. It’s a droll, fantastic tale of children who were raised by wolves and are guided through danger and artistic development by their sensible and endearing teenage governess, Penelope. Their invented phrases (like “optoomuchstic”: hopeful in that way that sets the stage for perilous disappointment) have made it into my family’s everyday conversation. With its spent children “draped over the furniture, limp as empty coats” and ominous encounters with beet nobility, finishing The Unmapped Sea left me counting the months once again. (For ages 8 to 12)"