Hideous Love: The Story of the Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780061853319)

From Stephanie Hemphill, author of the Printz Honor winner Your Own, Sylvia and the acclaimed novel Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials, comes the fascinating story of gothic novelist Mary Shelley, most famous for the classic Frankenstein.

An all-consuming love affair with famed poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, a family torn apart by scandal, a young author on the brink of greatness: Hideous Love is the story of the mastermind behind one of the most iconic figures in all of literature, a monster constructed out of dead bodies and brought to life by the tragic Dr. Frankenstein.

This luminous verse novel reveals how Mary Shelley became one of the most celebrated authors in history.

Author: Stephanie Hemphill
ISBN-10: 0061853313
ISBN-13: 9780061853319
Publisher: HarperCollins
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2013
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.55h x 5.78w x 1.06d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 09/01/2013 pg. 158
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 09/09/2013
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2013 pg. 100
Booklist 10/01/2013 pg. 90
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2013 pg. 156
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 - Superior,Well Above Average