ETIQUETTE & ESPIONAGE
Gail Cooper
Scholastic
2013
Available:
Hard copy, paperback, Kindle
Set in Victorian times,
fourteen-year-old Sophronia does not behave like the other young ladies of her
era. It's like she's been placed out of time. Instead of serving tea,
embroidering, and having polite conversation, she'd rather climb a trees or
dismantling a piece of machinery to see how it works. Her hoyden behavior is
most embarrassing to her very proper mother. So it doesn't come as too much of
a surprise when she is sent off to Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy
for Young Ladies of Quality to learn proper deportment. What is a surprise is the school.
Instead
of learning how to curtsy or how to attract a suitable husband, the
school's focus is on espionage. And instead of being located in a fine old
mansion or estate, it's a floating airship. And there is some very strange a
foot at the school.
Sophronia is
strong, independent and able to think outside the box. Her natural abilities
flourish at her new school, but at a price. Not all her new classmates or teachers
seem to want her to succeed. And some of them are pretty unique: werewolves,
and vampires, plus robots and spies. It's a steampunk mystery full of
adventure, mystery and danger.
Target audience: Grades 6 -9
Mystery/ suspense: good
Kid appeal: fun
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