A budding interracial friendship/romance is one plot thread. While there's murder or death in the novel, guns, bows and arrows, and cannons are used by adults, and there's mild hand-to-hand combat, gambling, and knife fighting. Fourteen-year-old Sophronia attends a finishing school for assassins, where she learns to pick locks and use high-tech weaponry (dangerous knives, scissors) - as well as how to be a lady. Like her other novels, this one - her first for the YA audience - features strong female and male role models and a puzzling mystery set in a steampunk Victorian world. Parents need to know that Etiquette & Espionage is the the first book in the Finishing School series by popular adult author Gail Carriger. A mention of trying to put gin into punch.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide.
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