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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2016 | Young Adult
Gr 6–10—The final book in "The Finishing School" steampunk/paranormal series (Little, Brown) comes to a satisfying conclusion. After an eventful spring, with Sophronia thwarting the Picklemen, and indenturing to the Dewan to save Soap, the rest of the year at Madame Geraldine's Finishing School is quiet. Sophronia, Agatha, and Dimity prepare to leave for the holidays and attend a ball at Bunson's School for Evil Genuises. At Bunson's, Sophronia turns Bumbersnoot over to Vieve for upkeep, as well as the installation of a crystal valve that they ho...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2015
This fourth and final book about Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing School for Young Ladies of Quality, an espionage school in the guise of a finishing academy, is as eventful -- and entertaining -- as Carriger fans would expect. Capable intelligencer-in-training Sophronia navigates her way through a ball that she and her fellow students must attend incognito (as one another); nefarious Picklemen are on a scouting mission on the school's dirigible; and a dinner party alongside political...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
When the nefarious Picklemen hijack Madame Geraldine's Finishing School's dirigible, capable intelligencer-in-training Sophronia takes it upon herself...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
