Her Majesty’s League of Remarkable Young Ladies
Fourteen-year-old Winifred Weatherby is a brilliant inventor, just like her father. She really wants to win the Petit Prix at a science convention in Paris. Unfortunately, in 1889, being a girl and being gifted at science do not mix. Winifred attends the Beacon Academy for poised and polished young ladies, which she fervently dislikes.
After her beloved father goes missing in potentially very dangerous circumstances, Winnie discovers that the Beacon Academy is not all it seems. It is actually a front for an agency of female spies known as Her Majesty’s League of Remarkable Young Ladies. Winnie is recruited, much to her joy, as the group’s scientist. The group is then tasked with protecting Her Majesty Queen Victoria from the enigmatic and dangerous Mr. Magpie. Who is Mr. Magpie, will the girls manage to uncover the identity of the villain, and will Winnie win her coveted prize?
The characters in Stegert’s novel leap off the page, the suspense is breathtaking, and the denouement is as surprising as the entire premise of the novel.
