Autor:
Betsy Cornwell
Názov: Mechanica
České
alebo slovenské vydanie: zatiaľ nie je
Hodnotenie
na GR: 3.95
Nicolette’s awful stepsisters call her “Mechanica” to demean her, but
the nickname fits: she learned to be an inventor at her mother’s knee. Her mom
is gone now, though, and the Steps have turned her into a servant in her own
home.
But on her sixteenth birthday, Nicolette discovers a secret workshop in
the cellar and begins to dare to imagine a new life for herself. Could the
mysterious books and tools hidden there—and the mechanical menagerie, led by a
tiny metal horse named Jules—be the key to escaping her dreary existence? With
a technological exposition and royal ball on the horizon, the timing might just
be perfect for Nicolette to earn her freedom at last.
Gorgeous prose and themes of social justice and family shine in this
richly imagined Cinderella retelling about an indomitable inventor who finds
her prince . . . but realizes she doesn't want a fairy tale happy ending after
all.
“One must always account for the vagaries of truth.”
