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 pushed her into a life of dreary servitude. When she discovers a secret workshop in the cellar on her sixteenth birthday - and befriends Jules, a tiny magical metal horse - Nicolette starts to imagine a new life for herself. And the timing may be perfect: there's a technological exposition and a royal ball on the horizon. Determined to invent her own happily-ever-after, Mechanica seeks to wow the prince and eager entrepreneurs alike
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Type
Bog
Genre
fantasy
Emnetal
83 (Engelsk skønlitteratur)
ISBN
9780547927718
Omfang
307 sider
Forlag
Clarion Books
Målgruppe
børnematerialer
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YA Engelsk
Vi har købt en masse lækre ungdomsbøger hjem på engelsk. Her skelner vi ikke mellem fantasy eller realisme, men glæder os over det voksende udvalg vi har af bøger på deres original sprog.