The Strictest School in the World: Being the Tale of a Clever Girl, a Rubber Boy and a Collection of Flying Machines, Mostly Broken (The Mad Misadventures of Emmaline and Rubberbones)
by Howard Whitehouse
The Mad Misadventures of Emmaline and Rubberbones (book 1)
On This Page
Description
Fourteen-year-old tomboy Emmaline Cayley is sent away to St. Grimelda's School for Young Ladies in hopes of ridding her of her unladylike ways.Tags
Recommendations
Member Recommendations
Member Reviews
A charming, clever (the title was correct) female protagonist with an 'unbreakable' friend in the middle of Victoriana mixed with a touch of steampunk and lots of eccentric characters that I really liked. Made me snort with laughter at certain points, and then want to eat chocolate cake. I appreciate books that both make me laugh and appreciate the loveliness of chocolate cake.
Wonderfully ridiculous! But also well written.
I really enjoyed this book. The target audience is probably fifth grade and up (10+). 250+pages. A very imaginative adventure about friendship and perseverance and serendipity. I look forward to reading the sequel!
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
13 Works 310 Members
Series
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 2006
- People/Characters
- Emmaline Cayley; Robert Burns (Rubberbones); Aunt Lucy; Lal Singh; Princess Purnah; Professor Bellbuckle
- Important places
- England, UK
- Dedication
- To the original Emmaline, cleverest of cats — H.W.
- First words
- Everyone dreams about flying.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)There was always time for a steaming mug of chocolate, gooseberry, and cabbage-leaf cocoa.
Classifications
Statistics
- Members
- 127
- Popularity
- 258,023
- Reviews
- 4
- Rating
- (3.66)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 1
