Etiquette & Espionage
(Part of the Finishing School (#1) Series and ParasolVerse Chronological Order Series)
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Book Overview
This steampunk series debut set in the same world as the New York Times bestselling Parasol Protectorate is filled with all the saucy adventure and droll humor Gail Carriger's legions of fans have come to adore. Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than in proper manners--and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. At Mademoiselle Geraldine's, young ladies learn to finish...everything. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but they also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage--in the politest possible ways, of course. Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first year's education.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:031619008X
ISBN13:9780316190084
Release Date:February 2013
Publisher:Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Length:307 Pages
Weight:1.02 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"
Age Range:12 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 7 to 12
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Betrayal Classism Friendship Gender Roles Intrigue Self-Discovery Young Adult Children's Children's Books FictionCustomer Reviews
2 ratings
This book isn't actually YA
Published by Avi , 4 years ago
So I'm a pretty firm believer that this book was only sold as YA because it was written by a woman. You can like it as a middle schooler! In fact I did! But I think it's defiantly something to reread as an adult. Steampunk, sky pirates, finishing school, vampires and a genuinely wonderful writing style makes this book remarkable.
A rollercoaster from beginning to end!
Published by Alex Gryffon , 4 years ago
Truly for all ages, if one likes plot twists, sky pirates, battles and cunning ladies of notability. Follow the story of the main heroine who outwits nearly everyone around her and has the most take-charge attitude of the times. Full of steam, soot and disguise, this first book in the series definitely makes you (or me) want more when you turn the last page.
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