Perilous Journey of Danger and Mayhem #1: A Dastardly Plot

<p><strong>A rip-roaring hilarious alternate-history adventure starring the world's most famous inventors--and its most forgotten. From the author of the beloved Hero's Guide series </strong><strong>Christopher Healy.</strong></p><p>It's 1883--the Age of Invention! A time when great men like Thomas Edison Alexander Graham Bell Nicola Tesla and George Eastman work to turn the country into a land of limitless opportunity.</p><p>And it all happens at the world famous Inventor's Guild headquarters in New York City--a place where a great idea a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck can find you rubbing elbows with these gods of industry who will usher humanity into the future.</p><p>Unless of course you're a woman.</p><p>Molly Pepper daughter of brilliant but unknown inventor Cassandra Pepper lives with her mother in New York. By day they make ends meet running a pickle shop; but by night they toil and dream of Cassandra taking her place among the most famous inventors in America.</p><p>In an attempt to find a way to exhibit Cass's work at the World's Fair they break into the Inventor's Guild where they discover a mysterious plot to destroy New York.</p><p>The evidence points to the involvement of one of the world's most famous inventors and now it's up to Molly Cassandra and a shop hand named Emmett Lee to uncover the truth--even if no one will ever know it was they who did it.</p><p><strong>Christopher Healy author of the Hero's Guide series knows how to tell a good story. He's done it again with the adventures of a determined girl named Molly Pepper.--Brightly Best Middle Grade Books of Fall 2018</strong></p>