Frankenstein -- Mary Shelley

<b>Mary Shelley's timeless and beloved gothic novel first published in the early 19th century returns with a freshly reimagined cover for a new generation of young readers!</b> <p/>When ambitious young scientist Victor Frankenstein animates a humanoid figure he crafted from stolen corpses, he gets more than he bargained for. While his creation is brutish--large, strong, and horrifying to look at--it's also an intelligent, emotional, and eloquent creature who blurs the lines between monstrosity and humanity. <p/>Unable to cope with the fallout of his experiment, Victor abandons his strange creation. The lonely monster, now cast out into the world, fruitlessly seeks happiness in a world that rejects the unnatural and the ugly. And then the unthinkable happens: the monster turns against its own creator with a powerful threat, setting into motion a truly tragic series of events.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Mary Shelley<br><b>Publisher:</b> Aladdin Paperbacks<br><b>Published:</b> 09/10/2024<br><b>Pages:</b> 336<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.90lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.70h x 5.40w x 1.30d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781665963060<br><b>Audience:</b> Ages 9-12<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was born to well-known parents: author and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and philosopher William Godwin. When Mary was sixteen, she met the young poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, a devotee of her father's teachings. In 1816, the two of them travelled to Geneva to stay with