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Description edit
This dark and thrilling adventure, with an unforgettable heroine, will captivate fans of steampunk, fantasy, and romance. On her 18th birthday, Lena Mattacascar decides to search for her father, who disappeared into the northern wilderness of Scree when Lena was young. Scree is inhabited by... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Lena Mattacascar: Eighteen years old looking for her father and her identity.
- Saul Mattacascar: Lena's father, disappered when she was five.
- Jimson Quigley: Beasley's librarian. Engaged to Polly.
- Thomas Saltre: Marshall looking for Lena's father.
- Nana Crane: Lena's grandmother. Dosen't belive Lena should go to Scree.
- Leticia Pollet: The Zephyr housekeeper. Arthur's wife.
- Arthur Pollet: The Zephyr groundskeeper. Married to Leticia.
- Tobias Beasley: Scientist, he keeps unique knowledge on his library.
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
"There's no mistaking what your father was, not when you've got feet and hands like those."
Table of Contents edit
1. A Physical Examination Raises The Question of Genetics
2. Lena Meets A Man Of Science
3. An Encounter With A Criminal And A Gun
4. A Lawman's Questions
5. Revelations
6. Knob Knoster By The Sea
7. Miss Brett's For Women
8. The Marshal Again
9. Mr. Beasley's Library
10. An Offer
11. A Medical Conundrum
12. An Illuminated Text
13. A Criminal Endeavor
14. The Nature of Peculiars
15. A Tragedy In The Orchard
16. Explorations
17. A Distressing Discovery
18. Lena Spies A Winged Girl And Makes A Pact
19. Pansy Demple
20. More Revelations
21. Lena Plans An Escape
22. Through The Library Window
23. The Aerocoptor
24. The Borders of Scree
25. The Borderlands
26. The Girandoni
27. Travels to Ducktown
28. Bounty Hunters
29. Lena Joins The Criminal Class
30. In Which Jimson And Merilee Display Acting Abilities
31. Stranded In The Snow
32. The Question Of Genetics Is Raised Once More
33. The Family Business
34. Porphyrium
35. Learning To Whistle
Historical Note
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 1 in The Peculiars. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Maureen Doyle McQuerry (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Amulet Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 1, 2012
ISBN: 9781419701788
Page Count: 354
Publisher: Amulet Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 1, 2012
ISBN: 9781419701788
Page Count: 354
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