Mary Shelley: The Strange True Tale of Frankenstein's Creator

On the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, comes a riveting biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history.

The story of Frankenstein's creator is a strange, romantic, and tragic one, as deeply compelling as the novel itself. Mary ran away to Lake Geneva with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley when she was just sixteen. It was there, during a cold and wet summer, that she first imagined her story about a mad scientist who brought a corpse back to life. Success soon followed for Mary, but also great tragedy and misfortune.
Catherine Reef brings this passionate woman, brilliant writer, and forgotten feminist into crisp focus, detailing a life that was remarkable both before and after the publication of her iconic masterpiece. Includes index.


Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 09/18/2018
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781328740052
Age: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.3
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 199587 / Strange True Tale of Frankenstein's Creator Mary Shelley


Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2018
Booklist 06/01/2018 pg. 78
School Library Journal 07/01/2018 pg. 94
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author

Catherine Reef is the award-winning author of more than forty nonfiction books for young people and adults, many of them biographies about influential women in history, including the highly praised Florence Nightingale. She lives in College Park, Maryland. www.catherinereef.com