First published 2013
Sophronia faces a peculiar dilemma at Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy. Should she use four foxgloves to decorate a dinner table or six to poison four guests? Her first year at the airborne finishing school has taught her that proper etiquette includes espionage training. She survived an incident involving a stolen device and endured the indignity of having a cheese pie hurled at her person. Now Sophronia creeps through the dirigible corridors, listening at teachers' doors and sneaking into the boiler room. A planned excursion to London conceals something sinister. A dangerous conspiracy threatens both supernatural creatures and ordinary humans. Sophronia must use her spy training to uncover the villains behind the plot. She also needs to navigate London's social season while maintaining a busy dance schedule. The stakes involve petticoats and poison, tea service and treachery.
Genres: adventure, espionage, 19th-century, airships
Vibes: suspenseful, whimsical
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: London
Period: 19th-century
320 pages · Kindle Edition · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers