Po Trimble and the Silver Shrew

At fourteen, Po Trimble can out-tinker half her professors and coax even the meanest engine into shape. At this rate, she'll graduate The Aurelian Academy and go on to apprentice on the ship of her choosing with time to spare. It's an Airship Mechanic's dream.

It's just not Po's.

She'd much rather work happily ever after in her father's shop. But unless she can help her brothers fix up a Bylink 12-Twelve for the Grand Duchess's brother by Mead Moon Festival, there won't be a shop-just a steep stack of bills and no way to make ends meet.

She can graduate The Aurelian Academy early. Or she can quit and hope she's not too late to save her last tangible connection to her missing father.