Learn more about CCRLS
Reading recommendations from Novelist
Cover image for Mechanica
Format:
Book
Title:
Mechanica
ISBN:
9780547927718
Publication:
Boston : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]
Physical Description:
307 pages ; 22 cm
Series title(s):
Number in series:
1.
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.
Reading Level:
Young adult.

920 Lexile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader 6.5

Reading Count! 6.4
Electronic Access:
http://www.hmhco.com
Holds: