Following a controversial loss at the Purley Cup, Poppy Orpington and her petrol-fuelled race car, Thunderbus, are dominating the headlines. But not one article is complimentary, or even unbiased.
In spite of these daily slanderous reports on her character, Poppy is determined to make something of herself. She continues racing, she starts up her own factory hoping to sell her father's patented petrol-run cars, she buys her own house and speaks up for the down-trodden. But all the while she is still seen as just a woman.
A woman unwilling to squeeze into the female mould created by men of power - and so the mould must be broken.
This is Book 2 in the The Poppy Orpington Chronicles Series. See all The Poppy Orpington Chronicles books here.
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Jon Hartless is an avid fan of steampunk and writes from his home in rural Kidderminster, which serves as inspiration for the setting of his work. He has published a number of pulp science fiction, steampunk and horror novels, but this is his first foray into young adult fiction.
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