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Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger - In an alternate England of 1851, 14-year-old Sophronia is enrolled in a finishing school where lessons include not only the fine arts of dance, dress and etiquette, but also diversion, deceit and espionage. (Middle School, High School; also available as an ebook)
Airman by Eoin Colfer - Falsely accused of murdering the king and sent off to an island prison, royal bodyguard Conor starts building a flying machine so that he can fly to the mainland, clear his good name, and seek revenge on the real culprit. (Middle School, High School; also available as an ebook)
Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell - A retelling of Cinderella about an indomitable inventor-mechanic who finds her prince but realizes she doesn't want a fairy tale happy ending after all. (Middle School, High School)The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross- Finley, who has a beastly alter ego inside of her, joins Duke Griffin's army of misfits to help stop the Machinist from carrying out a plan to kill Queen Victoria during the Jubilee. (High School)
The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason - Roped into respective family business when two society girls go missing, Evaline, the sister of Bram Stoker, and Mina, the niece of Sherlock Holmes, overcome a fierce rivalry to investigate three mysterious gentlemen and a strange Egyptian relic. (High School)
Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant - A collection of 14 fantasy stories by well-known authors, set in the age of steam engines and featuring automatons, clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that never existed. (Middle School; also available as an ebook)
Uncrashable Dakota by Andy Marino - In 1912, an airship on its maiden flight is hijacked and young Hollis Dakota, his friend Delia, and stepbrother Rob, become embroiled in a family feud that could send the ship crashing from the sky. (Middle School, High School)
Airborn by Kennel Oppel - Matt, a cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface. (Middle School, High School; also available as an ebook)
Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve - In future London, orphan Fever Crumb has been raised by an engineer, but leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present. (Middle School, High School)
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson - As Wild Chalklings threaten the American Isles and Rithmatists are humanity's only defense, Joel can only watch as Rithmatist students learn the magical art that he would do anything to practice. (Middle School, High School; also available as an ebook)The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade - In Victorian London, a 14-year-old Modo, a shape-changing hunchback, becomes a secret agent for the Permanent Association, which strives to protect the world from the Clockwork Guild. (Middle School, High School)
The Unnaturalists by Tiffany Trent - Cataloging the Unnatural creatures in her father's museum, Vespa Nyx, a girl from an alternate-universe London, is pressured to become a lady and marry before finding her fate tied to that of Syrus Reed. (Middle School, High School)
The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature by Jeff VanderMeer - Discusses the steampunk movement in fiction, film, art, music and fashion, tracing its history from Victorian science fiction novels and detailing its evolution into modern popular culture. (High School)Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld - In an alternate 1914 Europe, Austrian Prince Alek forms an alliance with Deryn, who is learning to fly genetically engineered beasts. (High School)
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