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by Shanna Swendson


  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 Assist Robbers and Revolutionaries

  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

  eBook edition, September 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

 

 

 


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