Mechanica

A New York Times Bestseller . NicoletteS Awful Stepsisters Call Her Mechanica To Demean Her But The Nickname Fits: She Learned To Be An Inventor At Her MotherS Knee. Her Mom Is Gone Now Though And The Steps Have Pushed Her Into A Life Of Dreary Servitude. When She Discovers A Secret Workshop In The Cellar On Her Sixteenth BirthdayAnd Befriends Jules A Tiny Magical Metal HorseNicolette Starts To Imagine A New Life For Herself. And The Timing May Be Perfect: ThereS A Technological Exposition And A Royal Ball On The Horizon. Determined To Invent Her Own Happily-Ever-After Mechanica Seeks To Wow The Prince And Eager Entrepreneurs Alike.