A School for Unusual Girls: A Stranje House Novel, by Kathleen Baldwin
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A School for Unusual Girls is the first captivating installment in the Stranje House series for young adults by award-winning author Kathleen Baldwin. #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot calls this romantic Regency adventure "completely original and totally engrossing."
It's 1814. Napoleon is exiled on Elba. Europe is in shambles. Britain is at war on four fronts. And Stranje House, a School for Unusual Girls, has become one of Regency England's dark little secrets. The daughters of the beau monde who don't fit high society's constrictive mold are banished to Stranje House to be reformed into marriageable young ladies. Or so their parents think. In truth, Headmistress Emma Stranje, the original unusual girl, has plans for the young ladies-plans that entangle the girls in the dangerous world of spies, diplomacy, and war.
After accidentally setting her father's stables on fire while performing a scientific experiment, Miss Georgiana Fitzwilliam is sent to Stranje House. But Georgie has no intention of being turned into a simpering, pudding-headed, marriageable miss. She plans to escape as soon as possible-until she meets Lord Sebastian Wyatt. Thrust together in a desperate mission to invent a new invisible ink for the English war effort, Georgie and Sebastian must find a way to work together without losing their heads-or their hearts....
"Enticing from the first sentence." -New York Times Book Review
A School for Unusual Girls: A Stranje House Novel, by Kathleen Baldwin - Amazon Sales Rank: #373476 in Books
- Brand: Baldwin, Kathleen
- Published on: 2015-05-19
- Released on: 2015-05-19
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.44" h x 1.24" w x 5.79" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 352 pages
A School for Unusual Girls: A Stranje House Novel, by Kathleen Baldwin From School Library Journal Gr 8 Up—This intriguing series opener is a tale of daring, conspiracy, adventure, and romance set against the tumultuous, backdrop of war-torn Europe in 1814. Napoleon is in exile on Elba, dignitaries from across Europe are gathering at the Congress of Vienna, and assassination plots are rumored. At the cavernous Stranje House in England, a select group of spirited, inventive, and nonconformist girls are secretly learning espionage tactics. Georgiana Fitzwilliam has an unconventional aptitude and enthusiasm for math and science. When one of her experiments accidentally leads to a fire in her father's stables, Georgie is banished by her exasperated parents to the supposedly harsh, reforming tutelage of Headmistress Emily Stranje. Georgie gradually discovers that all is not as it seems. Her classmates have special talents; her headmistress is a clever, well-connected, resourceful teacher; and visiting Lord Sebastian Wyatt is on a covert mission. Georgie's invention of invisible ink becomes a vital secret communication weapon supporting the new order in Europe. Although the novel is rich in historical references, language, and culture, not all of the happenings are actually true. This alternative history series will appeal to fans of Gail Carriger's works and "The Cecelia and Kate" novels (Harcourt) by Patricia C. Wrede and Carolyn Stevermer. Teens will enjoy the well-drawn cast of characters and identify with 19th-century Georgie's angst, insecurity, desire for independence, and first love. VERDICT The spunky, naive, and passsionate protagonist will resonate with readers, who will appreciate the lively, fast-paced narrative of personal discovery, maturing realizations, and understanding.—Gerry Larson, formerly at Durham School of the Arts, NC
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“Baldwin has an ear for period dialogue as she draws us into this world of sharp, smart young ladies who are actually being trained and deployed for the British war effort.... Swoony moments also abound.” ―New York Times Book Review
“Romance readers who prize both brains and valor in a heroine will be pleased to make Georgie's acquaintance.” ―Kirkus Reviews
“A School for Unusual Girls sucked me in from the first few pages and kept me reading until late into the night. Kathleen Baldwin has created a completely original--and totally engrossing--world, full of smart girls, handsome boys, and sinister mysteries. Who wouldn't want to enroll?” ―Meg Cabot, bestselling author of The Princess Diaries
“Spellbinding! A School for Unusual Girls is a beautifully written tale of adventure, intrigue, and romance that will appeal to every girl who has ever felt different…. A true page-turner!” ―Rachel Hawthorne, NYT and USA Today bestselling author of Trouble from the Start
“Baldwin has crafted a Regency romance that celebrates smart, strong young women who, while careful to embrace many of society's mores, hold their own with the men they encounter, oftentimes besting them both intellectually and physically.... Readers can look forward to revisiting these enthralling characters and their adventures and romances in the Stranje House series.” ―Booklist
About the Author KATHLEEN BALDWIN has written several award-winning traditional Regency romances for adults, including Lady Fiasco, winner of Cataromance's Best Traditional Regency, and Mistaken Kiss, a Holt Medallion Finalist. A School for Unusual Girls is her first book for teens. She lives in Texas with her family.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. New clever, misfit debutantes for fans of The Finishing School series, The Agency books, and the Gemma Doyle books By QueenBook I received an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Adventure, romance, and smart girls abound in this delightful little book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and read it straight through in an evening. The pacing of the adventure means the pacing of romantic relationships is rushed, but it didn't effect my overall enjoyment. Many girls of Stranje house were still an enigma to me by the end of the book, but that left room for development and surprises in future installments of the series. Fans of Gail Carringer's Finishing School series, Y.S. lee's The Agency books, and Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle series will find themselves settling in with a satisfying new set of misfit debutantes. Language and situations are appropriate for grades seven and up. I will add it to my high school classroom library wish list and encourage our school librarian to purchase a copy.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. I will be crying and drooling until book two comes out. By Night Owl Reviews Review by: CrossroadReview of Night Owl ReviewsA School for Unusual Girls was amazing!!! It gives a “what if” story of the historical events of 1814. And it was so yummy. I really wish that it would have ended on a better note, as book two is going to be in Tess's POV. So I really hope that we get more of Georgie and Sebastian as their future is left very open.This is what I wished Maid of Secrets would have been like! That story made me want to go take a nap. I finished A School for Unusual Girls in a few hours. I was even reading it while eating dinner, LOL. It is very fast paced and didn’t drag. I think it could have had a little more on the end, but it was still very good.The characters each had their own voices and I have to say that I wouldn't mind one book in each characters’ POV. And then maybe a last novel that goes through all of them. LOL. If you can't tell - I'm hooked! This book has it all. Mystery, twists, turns, murder, a slight paranormal feel, romance, etc.I will be crying and drooling until book two comes out. And this is deff. one that I REALLY REALLY want a signed copy to grace my shelf.I do have a few questions for the author. All the talk of whips and things in the beginning of this - was that any flack to go with all the 50 shades things out there? LOL. Because, I thought it was very fitting and very funny.And bravo! You made me cry on more than one occasion for this book LOL. Yes that’s a good thing!Go Into This One Knowing: Hints of Paranormal, no love triangle, a little hint of insta-love (but swoon worthy), Suspense, Thrills, loveOn a side note this book reminds me of another series Dark Mirror (Dark Mirror, #1) by M.J. Putney, Mary Jo Putney This series also deals with a finishing school but also is about time travel!Disclosure: Free review copy from the publisher/author for an honest review.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. An utterly and delightfully ridiculous historical fantasy. By Jessica@RabidReads Georgiana Fitzwilliam (YES, just like Fitzwilliam Darcy) is an unusual girl.She likes science. *shudders delicately* She also has red hair and freckles in a society that abhors both. But it's her love of experiments that is perceived to be the greater of evils . . . *whispers* Well bred young ladies DO NOT science.And when her father's stable and a quarter of a neighboring orchard burns to ash as a direct result of one of said experiments, her parents have had enough.They pack her up and dump her out at Stranje House, a boarding school rumored to employ such barbarous practices as TORTURE to transform the exceptional daughters of the upper classes into unexceptional, but infinitely more marriageable, ladies.After touring the dungeon (at her father's behest), observing the rack (not currently in use), and witnessing two girls strapped into hideous contraptions (one of them a sarcophagus equipped with nails), Georgiana decides she'd rather run than be subjected to such mistreatment.Instead of an exit, she discovers a hidden passageway, and upon further exploration, she overhears two men--GASP!--discussing the very experiment that got her sent to Stranje House, in the first place.WHAT DOES IT MEAN?! *giggle snorts*It means that things aren't as they appear, of course.Except for the fact that her parents are wretched for leaving her in a place they believed to be as awful as Stranje House . . .There’s no escaping that fact for poor Georgiana.But Miss Stranje gives her an opportunity to do what she loves, to make a difference, to make a significant contribution to the world, and she grabs onto it with both hands.And Georgiana isn't alone at Stranje House.Among the other girls, only Lady Jane has a gift the can be construed as mundane (a flair for making estates profitable), while the others have . . . more unusual gifts. There's Tess, who has prophetic dreams and seems to understand animals, Sera, who sees the truth of things, and Maya, whose voice is strangely compelling.But why is Miss Stranje collecting these outcasts of society? Why are such extreme measures being taken to ensure there will be no interference from their (despicable) relations?Read it and find out. *winks*A SCHOOL FOR UNUSUAL GIRLS by Kathleen Baldwin . . . is utterly and delightfully . . . ridiculous. The next time you need a pretty bit of fluff to cleanse your palate, I highly recommend you give this one a try. If you're unsure, try the preview chapters. That's what I did, and I was hooked before I reached its end.
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