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What if British magic kept the American Revolution from ever occurring? Its 1888, and seventeen-year-old Verity Newton lands a job in New York as a governess to a wealthy leading family--but she quickly learns that the family has big secrets. Magisters have always ruled the colonies, but now an underground society of mechanics and engineers are developing non-magical sources of power via steam engines that they hope will help them gain freedom from British rule. The family Verity works for is magister--but it seems like the childrens young guardian uncle is sympathetic to the rebel cause. As Verity falls for a charming rebel inventor and agrees to become a spy, she also becomes more and more enmeshed in the magister familys life. She soon realizes shes uniquely positioned to advance the cause--but to do so, shell have to reveal her own dangerous secret. Rebel Mechanics: All Is Fair in Love and Revolution by Shanna Swendson is a fast-paced, romantic young adult novel full of intrigue and starring a strong, spunky heroine.Steampunk fans will enjoy this gadget-filled costume drama. -Kirkus Reviews
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
Brand: Square Fish
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