Seven-year-old Bulu describes events surrounding the arrival of two wolf girls at her orphanage, including attempts to teach them to eat properly and to speak.
When Monoko the tanuki stumbles across a strange creature -- a human baby, the likes of which has never been seen before -- Monoko wonders is she and the baby can team up to protect the tanuki pack from vicious wildcats.
a novel based on the life of the Savage of Aveyron
Gerstein, Mordicai
1998
A novel based on the work of Dr. Jean Marc Itard who spent the years shortly after the French Revolution working with a "savage" boy whom he called Victor, trying to prove he was not an idiot and to teach him how to live in human society.
Using sophisticated computer technology, a fifteen-year-old girl who has been raised by dolphins, records her thoughts about her reintroduction to the human world.
"Miss Penelope Lumley embarks on an investigation into the mysteries surrounding the Incorrigible children, Lord Ashton, the forests of Ashton Place, and her own past"--Provided by publisher.
The three Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place learn they are under a curse after traveling to London in the company of fifteen-year-old governess Miss Penelope Lumley.