'Blending intrigue and elements of the school story, Carriger introduces teen readers to a supernatural-meets-steampunk world full of action and wit. ' 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. Etiquette & Espionage debuted the New York Times Young Adult bestseller list at 9 on February 24, 2013.

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.

Etiquette and espionage