Young teen, Winnie rocks as an inventeress. Yes, the gender specification is acceptable because the time period Winifred rocks in is the late 1800s as in the latter part of Queen Victoria’s reign, which adds a delicious extra layer of richness to Alison Stegert’s first middle grade fiction, Her Majesty’s League of Remarkable Young Ladies.
This astoundingly long-titled novel
is an extravaganza of remarkable indeed. An exciting mash-up of Nancy
Drew come Famous Five sporting the Victorian era qualities of A
Little Princess. Somehow, Stegert sews it all seamlessly together in a
gripping tale of espionage, mystery and for want of a better word,
MacGyverness.