Rebel Mechanics: All Is Fair in Love and Revolution

By Shanna Swendson

Book Overview

What if British magic kept the American Revolution from ever occurring?

It's 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 children's 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 family's life. She soon realizes she's uniquely positioned to advance the cause--but to do so, she'll 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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250079942
• ISBN13: 9781250079947
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Square Fish
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary