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When Maria Merryweather is suddenly orphaned, she has no choice but to move to her new guardian's home, Moonacre Manor. Maria is accompanied by her ever-faithful governess, Miss Heliotrope, and the virtueless King Charles Spaniel, Wiggins. Maria's...
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When Maria Merryweather is suddenly orphaned, she has no choice but to move to her new guardian's home, Moonacre Manor. Maria is accompanied by her ever-faithful governess, Miss Heliotrope, and the virtueless King Charles Spaniel, Wiggins. Maria's guardian, Sir Benjamin makes Maria and her governess feel very welcome in the vast house in spite of the fact that "no female had darkened" the place for more than twenty years. Maria quickly learns that her ancestor, Sir Wrolf, made some terrible mistakes which have ramifications for the residents of Moonacre Manor. It is apparent that Maria is the only person who can correct the past, and she does so with gusto. Aided and abetted by Serena the Rabbit, Wrolf the dog, and Zachariah the cat, Maria solves the mysteries of the past. I read this book years ago as a child, and it is still a delightful read many years later. I do think, however, that it primarily a girl's book; a girl is the main character--and indeed the resourceful heroine, so... See less 
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