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A Most Improper Magick  (Kat, Incorrigible, volume 1)

By Stephanie Burgis  

3 Sep, 2024

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2010’s A Most Improper Magick is the first volume in Stephanie Burgis’ middle-grade Kat, Incorrigible historical fantasy series. The 2011 US printing retitled the novel with the series name: Kat, Incorrigible.

Hoping to save her oldest sister Elisse from an unfortunate marriage, fourteen-year-old Kat Stephenson embarks on a bold venture to find her fortune as a boy. She makes it almost to the end of the family garden before being foiled by observant Elisse.

How, then, to save Elisse?


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