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The Mysterious misadventures of Clemency Wrigglesworth by Julia Lee. Synopsis. A historical adventure tale
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The Mysterious misadventures of Clemency Wrigglesworth by Julia Lee
Synopsis • A historical adventure tale When Clemency arrives from India orphaned and penniless she hopes to find her long lost family. She is helped by the unusual Marvel family who put an advert in The Times. This leads to her being kidnapped and set to work as a kitchen maid in her own ancestral home. The Marvels are on a mission to save her.
Suggestions for follow up work.. • Compare and contrast the characters who live in the big house and the other family • An advert to go in The Times. • Letters to her children’s maid in India recounting her adventures • Upstairs/Downstairs or Downton Abbey clips • Victorian Life • Lovereading4kids
Creative writing competition Imagine you are Clemency. Write a diary entry recounting a part of your mysterious misadventure. It could be • leaving India on the boat • meeting the Marvels • meeting Miss Clawe • her first night as a kitchen maid