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This young adult steampunk series debut set in the same world as the new york times. A finishing school is a school for young women that focuses on teaching social graces and upperclass cultural rites as a preparation for entry into society. The finishing school series is set in the same world as the parasol protectorate series, only twentytwo years earlier. The finishing school series is a series of ya steampunk adventure novels by american novelist gail carriger. In this oneday highly interactive course, you will learn. Finishing school series 4 primary works 5 total works the finishing school series is set in the same world as the parasol protectorate series, only 25 years earlier, and features a finishing academy located in a giant caterpillarlike dirigible floating over dartmoor. The spinster ladies of miss bells finishing school book. Ideally it would be a story, but open to other suggestions as well. The finishing school series is set in the same world as the parasol protectorate series, only 25 years earlier, and features a finishing academy located in a giant caterpillarlike dirigible floating over dartmoor.
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