Emilie Books in Order

The Emilie books are fast moving young adult adventures with a light steampunk flavor. They follow a teenage girl who runs away from home and ends up in the kind of scientific expedition she used to read about, complete with experimental engines, aether currents, and mysterious worlds hiding just out of sight.

In Emilie and the Hollow World Emilie intends only to stow away on a steamship and reach a relative in the city. Instead she ends up aboard Lady Marlende's vessel, which is trying to reach the planet's hollow interior in search of a missing explorer. The journey leads through dangerous seas, strange cultures in the world below, and plenty of sabotage.

Emilie and the Sky World turns the expedition upward. Back on the surface, Emilie and her friends investigate a disturbance in the upper air and discover a ship from another aetheric plane. To understand whether it is a threat, they have to take an airship into treacherous currents and confront both family tensions and an alien presence.

Across both books Emilie is brave, impulsive, and learning how to trust her own judgment after years of being underestimated. The tone stays adventurous rather than grim, with found family dynamics, hints of romance, and a focus on curiosity and problem solving.

This page helps you read the Emilie adventures in order and gives some background on the world, so younger readers and adults alike can jump straight into the right book.