{"product_id":"the-protegeeisbn-9780593897966","title":"The Protégée","description":"\u003cb\u003eA working-class French girl would kill to become assistant to Paris's top modiste, but she must first seek vengeance against those responsible for the death of her family, in this thrilling historical horror from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Erica Ridley!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEighteen-year-old Angélique dreams of designing extravagant gowns like the ladies in the bourgeoise wear to balls and soirées. Because she’s working-class, Angélique knows that her life will, instead, be spent dyeing silk for a living. That is, until her parents and younger sibling are killed in the sweatshop where they’ve toiled. Now orphaned, and with another sister to protect, Angélique vows vengeance against the factory owner growing richer by treating his employees as disposable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo improve her station, Angélique takes a position as a junior seamstress for Paris's top modiste. Though she's bullied for being poor and her meager salary isn't enough to pay rent, she refuses to give in. Her sister and crush, a handsome, immigrant shoemaker, won’t allow it. Then the modiste proposes a contest to win the well-paid, coveted assistant position. Angélique would do anything to earn the career of her dreams. What’s a little arsenic between girls after all?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Angélique outshines--and outlives--the competition, she also wields her newfound privilege and power to exact revenge on those who ruined her family and blossoms into a new role: Paris’s greatest protégée.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErica Ridley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of witty, feel-good historical romance novels, included The Wild Wynchesters series. When she's not reading or writing romances, Erica can be found eating couscous in Morocco, getting hopelessly lost in the middle of Budapest, or zip-lining through rainforests in Costa Rica, where she currently resides. \u003ci\u003eThe Protégée \u003c\/i\u003eis her YA debut.","brand":"Delacorte Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303152898277,"sku":"NP9780593897966","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-protegeeisbn-9780593897966","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}