Rebel Mechanics: All Is Fair in Love and Revolution

Rebel Mechanics: All Is Fair in Love and RevolutionWhat 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

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

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 07/12/2016
ISBN: 9781250079947
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 179326 / Rebel Mechanics: All Is Fair in Love and Revolution
Reading Level: 6.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 13