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A PERILOUS JOURNEY OF DANGER AND MAYHEM: A DASTARDLY PLOT

Christopher Healy

The first in a rip-roaring adventure trilogy about the inventors that history remembersand more than a few that have been forgotten.
It is 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 mechanical-electrical-industrial marvel: a land of limitless opportunity. And it all happens at the world famous Inventors Guild headquarters in New York Cityaplace 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 bright promise of 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 small pickle shop; but by night, they toil and dream of Cassandra shattering the glass ceiling of the Inventors Guild and taking her place among the most famous inventors in America. In an attempt to find a way to exhibit Cass's work at the 1883 World's Fair, they break into the Inventors Guildand discover a mysterious and dastardly 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 trutheven if no one will ever know it was they who did it.

Christopher Healy is the author of The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice, as well as its two sequels, The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle and The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw. Before becoming a writer, he worked as an actor, an ad copywriter, a toy store display designer, a fact-checker, a dishwasher, a journalist, a costume shop clothing stitcher, a children's entertainment reviewer, and a haunted house zombie. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two children, and a dog named Duncan.
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Published 2018-09-25 by Walden Pond Press/ HarperCollins Children's Books

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Published 2018-09-25 by Walden Pond Press/ HarperCollins Children's Books

Comments

Christopher Healy has written another middle grade masterpiece.

Plot twists and banter hit at breakneck speeds in this heartfelt yet tongue-in-cheek look at the tumultous Age of Invention, and its focus on two often marginalized groups--immigrants and women--allows for relevant social commentary.

Whip-smart.

Readers who enjoy nonstop action will want to give this new series a try.

A zany, rollicking series opening.

Christopher Healy knows how to tell a good story.