Etiquette & Espionage: Finishing School, cartea 1
Autor Gail Carrigeren Paperback – 7 oct 2013 – vârsta de la 12 ani
Set
in
the
same
world
as
theNew
York
Timesbestselling
Parasol
Protectorate,
this
bestselling
young
adult
steampunk
series
debut
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
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.
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316190107
ISBN-10: 0316190101
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 137 x 210 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Little Brown Book Group
Colecția Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Seria Finishing School
ISBN-10: 0316190101
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 137 x 210 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Little Brown Book Group
Colecția Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Seria Finishing School
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Notă biografică
New
York
Timesbestselling
authorGail
Carrigerwrites
to
cope
with
being
raised
in
obscurity
by
an
expatriate
Brit
and
an
incurable
curmudgeon.
She
survived
her
early
years
by
reading
most
of
her
local
library
and
memorizing
Greek
battles.
Eventually
she
escaped
small
town
life
and
inadvertently
acquired
several
degrees
in
Higher
Learning.
In
pursuit
of
further
finishing,
Ms.
Carriger
traveled
the
historic
cities
of
Europe,
subsisting
entirely
on
biscuits
secreted
in
her
handbag.
In
the
Finishing
School
series,
she
takes
her
readers
back
to
a
time
before
the
Parasol
Protectorate,
explaining
the
mysteries
of
her
steampunk
world
and
visiting
a
few
old
friends.
Recenzii
Praise
for
theNew
York
TimesbestsellingEtiquette
&
Espionage:
An
ALSC
Notable
Book
for
Children
A
YALSA
Best
Fiction
for
Young
Adults
Pick
A YALSA Popular Paperback Pick
A YALSA Popular Paperback Pick
A
Horn
Book
Summer
Reading
List
Selection
*
"Carriger's
YA
debut
brings
her
mix
of
Victorian
paranormal
steampunk
and
winning
heroines
to
a
whole
new
audience...with
cleverly
Victorian
methods
of
espionage,
witty
banter,
lighthearted
silliness,
and
a
ship
full
of
intriguingly
quirky
people."
* "[A] delightfully madcap espionage adventure..."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
*
"Carriger
deploys
laugh-out-loud
bon
mots
on
nearly
every
page...Amid
all
the
fun,
the
author
works
in
commentary
on
race
and
class
in
a
sparkling
start
to
the
Finishing
School
series."
—Publishers
Weekly,
starred
review*
"Carriger's
leading
lady
is
a
strong,
independent
role
model
for
female
readers...
Ladies
and
gentlemen
of
propriety
are
combined
with
dirigibles,
robots,
werewolves,
and
vampires,
making
this
story
a
steampunkmystery
and
an
adventure
mash-up
that
is
sure
to
intrigue
readers..."
—School
Library
Journal,
starred
review"Blending intrigue and elements of the school story, Carriger introduces teen readers to a supernatural-meets-steampunk world full of action and wit."—Horn Book
"If
spunky
Lady
Sybil
from
Downton
Abbey
happened
onto
a
steampunk
set,
she
might
look
a
lot
like
Sophronia
Angelina
Temminnick."
—ShelfAwareness