Henry was already there, and after the way he’d been the night before, I was somewhat disappointed to see him in his familiar guise, with the spectacles on his nose and the vague, absentminded air about him. I liked the real Henry so much better. “Good morning, Lord Henry,” I said cheerfully. “Is there anything interesting in the papers?”
“Nothing much,” he said. Then he lowered the newspaper and looked at me over the top of his spectacles. “But I understand there are some mad people about who plan to start a revolution.”
I sat across from him at the table and poured a cup of tea. “Imagine that!” I said, unable to hold back a smile when I met his eyes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shanna Swendson is the author of the popular adult romantic fantasy series, Enchanted, Inc. Rebel Mechanics is her first novel for young adults. She lives in Irving, Texas.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Author’s Note
In Which I Face Bandits and Butlers
In Which I Land Amongst Mechanics
In Which I Land Amongst Magisters
In Which My Position Becomes Unexpectedly Precarious
In Which I Am a Rescuer and Am Rescued
In Which I Receive Multiple Invitations
In Which I Sample Strong Drink, Strange Music, and Steam
In Which I Get Blood on My Hands
In Which I Overhear Valuable Information
In Which I Attempt Persuasion
In Which We Face Young Criminals and Traitors
In Which Things Do Not Go According to Plan
In Which the Fight Moves Uptown
In Which I Reassess Many Things
In Which I Gain a New Perspective on the City
In Which I Discover a Dreadful Deception
In Which the City Falls Under a Shadow
In Which an Errand Takes a Dangerous Turn
In Which I Am Reunited with an Old Acquaintance
In Which We Enter the Lions’ Den
In Which We Must Lighten the Load
In Which I Must Decide My Future
About the Author
Copyright
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
175 Fifth Avenue, New York 10010
Text copyright © 2015 by Shanna Swendson
All rights reserved
First hardcover edition, 2015
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Swendson, Shanna.
Rebel mechanics / Shanna Swendson. — First edition.
pages cm
Summary: In 1888 New York City, sixteen-year-old governess Verity Newton agrees to become a spy, whatever the risk, after learning that the man for whom she has feelings sympathizes with rebels developing non-magical sources of power, via steam engines, in hopes of gaining freedom from British rule.
ISBN 978-0-374-30009-8 (hardback)
ISBN 978-0-374-30017-3 (e-book)
[1. Governesses—Fiction. 2. Spies—Fiction. 3. Magic—Fiction. 4. Insurgency—Fiction. 5. New York (N.Y.)—History—1865–1898—Fiction. 6. Science fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.1.S94Reb 2015
[Fic]—dc23
2014041381
eISBN 9780374300173