When troublesome 14yearold sophronia is sent off to attend mademoiselle geraldines finishing academy for young ladies of quality, she is none too happy about it. Along with her new chum dimity, sophronia learns the principles of fundamental espionage, discovering the academys own secrets along the way. So she enrolls sophronia in mademoiselle geraldines finishing academy for. Apparently this is a spinoff from gail carriegers popular adult series, the parasol protectorate. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing.
This young adult steampunk series debut set in the same world as the new york times bestselling parasol protectorate is filled with all the saucy adventure and droll humor gail carrigers legions of fans have come to adore. This book is probably one of the books that really got me into mystery. So she enrolls sophronia in mademoiselle geraldines finishing. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. Sophronia temminnick has appeared in the following books. In the beginning of the story there is a really funny scene that had me realize these books are intended to be a fun and funny story. Etiquette and espionage is published by little, brown books for.
The protagonist is 14yearold sophronia, who enrolls in mademoiselle geraldines finishing academy for young ladies of quality. The book follows the exploits of 14 year old sophronia temminnick, a troublemaking youngest daughter of a middle class victorian family. But sophronia finds out that this is not an ordinary finishing school. It is her first young adult novel, and is set in the same universe as her bestselling parasol protectorate adult series. At mademoiselle geraldines, young ladies 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. Finishing may not be what sophronia and her mother think it is. Sophronia is recruited to a finishing school for spies located in a dirigible. Brown books for young readers 5, 49 its one thing to learn to curtsy properly. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper mannersand the family can. She has run a little bit wild as well as into some trouble, and so her mother, who is quite sophisticated and really into society, decides to send sophronia away to finishing school. Jun 21, 20 along with dancing, etiquette, music, serving tea, proper curtsying something sophronia could surely benefit from and always presenting your most fashionable face, there are also lessons on modern weaponry, technology, intelligence gathering, deceit, diversion, poisoning, and vampire and werewolf defense. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper etiquette at tea and god forbid anyone see her atrocious curtsy. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper etiquette at teaand god forbid anyone see her atrocious curtsy. Feb 05, 20 sophronia must rely on her training to discover who is behind the dangerous plotand survive the london season with a full dance card.
Fourteenyearold sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia angelina temminnick is the main character in the finishing school series. Sophronia is an early savant of sorts and quickly learns to use her skills to help thwart a fellow student in an attempt to steal a prototype essential to communications. Of course, what dear mummy doesnt know is that the school shes sending her young daughter too is not quite the normal finishing school. Its not a school for sophronia and her classmates to be finished before their. In an alternate england of 1851, spirited fourteenyearold sophronia is enrolled in a finishing school where, she is suprised to learn, lessons include not only the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but also diversion, deceit, and espionage. She also prefers to be in charge to the point of being bossy, yet has a problem with authority. Sophronia is a nuisance to her family name, and so her dear mummy decides that sophronia needs to be sent away for finishing school to learn how to be proper. Set in gails parasolverse these four ya books are full of steampunk etiquette, welldressed espionage, and flying food. May 19, 20 but sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. Sophronia angelina temminnick the parasol protectorate wiki. Set in gails parasolverse these four ya books are full of steampunk etiquette. At mademoiselle geraldines young ladies learn to finish. Gr 69sophronia is far from the proper victorian young lady she is expected to.
Sophronia is perfectly suited to the field of espionage, and many of its particulars come to her naturally. Sophronia finds herself being whisked away to mademoiselle geraldines finishing academy for young ladies of quality. She assembles a lovable gang of misfits an engineroom sootie and urchin mechanical whiz, a student from the nearby evilgenius academy and a steampowered dog named bumbersnoot to assist her. The plan is to deploy soap and sophronia together as field agents once soaps training is complete. I have already enjoyed several books in this authors parasol protectorate series and found this one to be nearly but not quite so good.
Like her other novels, this one her first for the ya audience features strong female and male role models and a puzzling mystery set in a steampunk victorian world. Sophronia angelina temminnick the parasol protectorate. She enrolls sophronia in mademoiselle geraldines finishing academy for young ladies of quality. But sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. At mademoiselle geraldines, young ladies learn to finisheverything. It tells the story of sophronia, a girl who is unladylike in the 19th century, which is precisely what she is not supposed to be.
The school is a floating airship charged with teaching the skills of espionage. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but they also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionagein the politest possible ways, of course. Apr 19, 2018 but sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. The main character, sophronia, is fourteen but a bit silly but a lot of fun. Its quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Etiquette and espionage, the first book in the finishing school series which features sophronia, a fourteen year old girl who has a penchant for climbing trees and dismantling mechanical objects. It does take a few pages to get used to the nineteenth century slang, yet by the time the book is over, you miss it. She is a human girl, around the age of 14 at the start of the series who lived in the english countryside prior to attending mademoiselle geraldines finishing school, a unique school under the guise of a regular finishing school that specializes in turning girls particularly those of a wealthy family or. Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first years education. Sophronia befriends three other new recruits dimity, sidheag and agatha, some sooties. Needless to day the dumbwaiter did not last long after this. 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. In an alternate england of 1851, spirited fourteenyearold sophronia is enrolled in a finishing school where, she is surprised to learn, lessons include not only the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but also diversion, deceit, and espionage.
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