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A Perilous Journey of Danger and Mayhem: A Dastardly Plot
Hardcover
Series: Perilous Journey of Danger and Mayhem, Book 1
General Juvenile FictionHistoryScience & Nature
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ISBN13: 9780062341976
Publisher: Walden Pond Press
Published: Sep 25 2018
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.30 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
A rip-roaring, hilarious alternate-history adventure starring the world's most famous inventors--and its most forgotten. From the author of the beloved Hero's Guide series, Christopher Healy.
It's 1883--the Age of Invention! A time when great men like Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Nicola Tesla, and George Eastman work to turn the country into a land of limitless opportunity.
And it all happens at the world famous Inventor's Guild headquarters in New York City--a place where a great idea, a lot of hard work, and a little bit of luck can find you rubbing elbows with these gods of industry who will usher humanity into the future.
Unless, of course, you're a woman.
Molly Pepper, daughter of brilliant but unknown inventor Cassandra Pepper, lives with her mother in New York. By day, they make ends meet running a pickle shop; but by night, they toil and dream of Cassandra taking her place among the most famous inventors in America.
In an attempt to find a way to exhibit Cass's work at the World's Fair, they break into the Inventor's Guild, where they discover a mysterious plot to destroy New York.
The evidence points to the involvement of one of the world's most famous inventors, and now it's up to Molly, Cassandra, and a shop hand named Emmett Lee to uncover the truth--even if no one will ever know it was they who did it.
Christopher Healy, author of the Hero's Guide series, knows how to tell a good story. He's done it again with the adventures of a determined girl named Molly Pepper.--Brightly, Best Middle Grade Books of Fall 2018
With the fate of New York on their shoulders, can one girl and her mother outsmart the most powerful men of their time?
- STEM for Girls: Meet Molly and Cassandra Pepper, a mother-daughter inventing team running a secret workshop out of their pickle shop, ready to prove that a woman's place is in the laboratory.
- Alternate History: Step into the Age of Invention, where historical figures like Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell aren't just in textbooks--they might be the villains in a dastardly plot.
- Automatons and Inventions: From flying machines made of rowboats to an army of clockwork automatons, this story is packed with the kind of steampunk-inspired gadgets that defined an era of imagination.
- Female Empowerment: A funny, fast-paced adventure about a girl who refuses to be told no, taking on the stuffy, all-male Inventors' Guild to save the city and claim her place in history.
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