Firestarter - YA Steampunk Elite Academy

Iolite Trenfell is a mechanic from the gutter, brilliant with gears, better with secrets. When her crew’s palace heist goes sideways, she’s recruited into the Empire’s most elite school—where invention is religion, Rankings are law, and failure gets you expelled… or worse. But Iolite has a secret: fire answers when she calls. And in a place where magic is treason, even a spark could be fatal.