Bibliograph

Mechanica, Betsy Cornwell

Type

Label

Mechanica, Betsy Cornwell

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Young adult920, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Mechanica

Oclc number

885225652

Responsibility statement

Betsy Cornwell

Series statement

Mechanica, 1

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, 6.5Reading Count!, 6.4

Summary

Nicolette's awful stepsisters call her "Mechanica" to demean her, but the nickname fits: she learned to be an inventor at her mother's knee. Her mom is gone now, though, and the Steps have turned her into a servant in her own home. But on her sixteenth birthday, Nicolette discovers a secret workshop in the cellar and begins to dare to imagine a new life for herself. Could the mysterious books and tools hidden there -- and the mechanical menagerie, led by a tiny metal horse named Jules -- be the key to escaping her dreary existence? With a technological exposition and royal ball on the horizon, the timing might just be perfect for Nicolette to earn her freedom at last

Target audience

adolescent

Creator