The House of Serendipity cover

The House of Serendipity

Author: Ivison, Lucy

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 5.2
Points 7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 48738
Points per Word 0.000144
Page Count 209
Points per Page 0.033493

Description

At a mansion in 1920s London, young tailor Myrtle Mathers becomes a maid for the wealthy Cartwright family. She teams up with Sylvia Cartwright, the duke's daughter, to secretly create dresses for debutantes. The novel explores themes of gender bias through the girls' dressmaking talents.