The invention of Sophie Carter

Author

Samantha Hastings

Call Number

• FICTION HAST TEEN (OSH)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Swoon Reads, 2020.

Physical Description

307 pages ; 22 cm

Audience

Grades 10-12. Swoon Reads.

Summary

1851. Brash Sophie wants to be an inventor, and demure Mariah wants to be an artist. The orphaned identical twins long to visit London for the summer-- Sophie to see the Queen's Great Exhibition and Mariah to study the world's finest collection of paintings. When their aunt answers their letter pleading for a place to stay, she insists she only has time and room to spare for one of them. They decide to travel to London together and take turns playing the part of "Sophie." As the girls avoid getting caught by increasingly narrow margins-- and meet two gentlemen who both think they're falling in love with Sophie-- the sisters find they don't have the situation quite as under control as they thought.