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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

By: Joan Aiken
Narrated by: Lizza Aiken
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Wicked wolves and a grim governess threaten Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia when Bonnie's parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage. Left in the care of the cruel Miss Slighcarp, the girls can hardly believe what is happening to their once happy home. The servants are dismissed, the furniture is sold, and Bonnie and Sylvia are sent to a prison-like orphan school. It seems as if the endless hours of drudgery will never cease.

With the help of Simon the gooseboy and his flock, they escape. But how will they ever get Willoughby Chase free from the clutches of the evil Miss Slighcarp?

©2012 Joan Aiken (P)2012 Listening Library Action & Adventure Animal Fiction Animals Animals & Nature Family Life Fiction Foxes & Wolves Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction

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Critic reviews

"This year can boast one genuine small masterpiece.... The Wolves of Willoughby Chase...is almost a copybook lesson in those virtues that a classic children's book must possess: charm, a style of its own, the skill and authority to create a small world without writing down to small readers." (Time Magazine)

"It's a funny book. The language is so fantastically right." (School Library Journal)

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The wolves of Willoughby Chase is such an amazing book it allows the reader to delve in to an imaginary age of wolf hunts and shipwrecks. But also really lighthearted at times when the two together make everything better.

Wonderful Adventure with two heroines

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It was a thoroughly splendid, enjoyable, marvelously classical book! I would recommend it to anyone who wants to ditch comics and modern books and find enjoyment in the classical works of Joan Aiken, Louisa May Alcott, and L.M. Montgomery. Suitable for all ages above 9 and all sexes!

The wolves of Willoughby chase review

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I still love it as an adult. I plan on reading her other books in addition😊

Loved this book when I read it in grade school

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If you could sum up The Wolves of Willoughby Chase in three words, what would they be?

Wonderful, Exciting, Satisfying

Which scene was your favorite?

All of it

Any additional comments?

This book is every bit as good as I remember it being when I read it as a child, and an equally compelling, sweet read for an adult. A good book for parents and children to listen to together, it is by turns thrilling, frightening, and ultimately quite happy.

A Perfect Story

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I like it and my brother likes it too!
and a great job Joan Atkin.

I just love it!

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This is as one of my favorite books as a child. The narration is beautiful and not distracting, allowing the reader to get lost in the tale.

A beautiful story with lovely narration.

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My 9 yr-old daughter wanted to share this book with me, which her class has been reading in school. So once or twice a week we put on the audiobook and build a puzzle together—it has been the sweetest time! The story has the right combination of hardships, adventure, wicked people who are brought to justice, and the sweetest two little cousins!

Excellent Reader!

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This was one of my favorite books as a child (all Joan Aiken books were) and I haven’t read it in 15 years or so. Listening to it being read by Joan Aiken’s daughter added an extra layer of magic to this incredible story. Even though it holds lots of nostalgia for me, this book absolutely holds up and is just as good now that I’m an adult! Joan Aiken has a real gift for storytelling

Magical storytelling

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Great story I love how much Sylvia and Bonnie care for each other The story is very exciting and adventurous.

Great story

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I like it a lot. it was really fun and interesting.
- 9 year old girl review

good book!

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