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#Etiquette and espionage series

Bumbersnoot is the mechanimal shot aboard the school by the threatening flywaymen. The Charactersįourteen-year-old Sophronia Temminnick is the very nosy, resourceful daughter being sent off to finishing school. Nor is it the last attack, for skullduggery is afoot aboard the finishing school, and Sophronia is eager to investigate. It’s on the way to finishing school that Sophronia’s new life as a covert recruit quickly imposes with an attack by flywaymen.

#Etiquette and espionage series

I’m suspecting this series predates the Parasol Protectorate, and I’ll be curious if the end of this series slides right into it. It’s an interesting cast with the usual schoolgirl cliques and infighting as well as the inappropriate friendships - which we’ll probably discover is a requirement of graduation! However, Carriger’s twists and turns make this too fascinating, and I can’t wait until Curtsies & Conspiracies comes out in the fall! After all, there is so much one can do with handkerchiefs, fans, hats, and gloves, etc. I love it! It’s only one semester in and already Sophronia is quite pleased with their assortment of weapons when the young ladies are threatened yet again while traveling. Sophronia learn very quickly to dissemble and snoop as well as learning such lifesaving techniques as the “fan and sprinkle” maneuver, useful fainting techniques, manipulating with clothing… Oh, man, I love it - the salacious purple flannel nightgown! I wonder, is it the purple that makes it so naughty? And there are all the other twists on what we expect of a finishing school and proper young ladies. Then there’s the abstemious breakfast…sigh…what a dream. I do adore Carriger’s twist on attacking a vampire, LOL. It had a wobbly start, but it got going once Sophronia started her lessons. In 2014, Etiquette & Espionage won the Prix for Meilleur roman fantasy traduit Jeunesse. The story revolves around the unconventional Sophronia, who simply does not fit as her mother would prefer. Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Heartless, Timeless, Curtsies & Conspiracies, Waistcoats & Weaponry, Manners & Mutiny, Soulless, Changeless, Blameless, Prudence, Imprudence, Competence, Reticenceįirst in the Finishing School steampunk series for young adults set in 1851 England. Steampunk in Hardcover edition that was published by Little Brown Books for Young Readers on Februand has 307 pages.

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#Etiquette and espionage for free

'Blending intrigue and elements of the school story, Carriger introduces teen readers to a supernatural-meets-steampunk world full of action and wit.I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. ' delightfully madcap espionage adventure.' '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.'

'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.' Two free printable pdfs for teachers, librarians, any other interested parties. Gail's fans created a Reading Guide and Vocabulary List for Etiquette & Espionage. Sophronia and her friends are going to have a rousing first year at school.Įtiquette & Espionage debuted the New York Times Young Adult bestseller list at #9 on February 24, 2013. Mademoiselle Geraldine's certainly trains young ladies in the finer arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but also in the other kinds of finishing: the fine arts of death, diversion, deceit, espionage, and the modern weaponries. She enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality.īut little does Sophronia or her mother know that this is a school where ingenious young girls learn to finish, all right-but it's a different kind of finishing. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper etiquette at tea-and God forbid anyone see her atrocious curtsy. Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is the bane of her mother's existence.