Following Frankenstein
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Narrated by:
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Aysha Kala
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By:
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Catherine Bruton
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A brilliantly conceived and hugely imaginative ‘sequel’ to Mary Shelley’s masterpiece, Following Frankenstein is a hugely exciting and beautifully written historical adventure, perfect for nine- to 12-year-olds.
Sometimes I was jealous of the monster of Frankenstein. I grew up believing my father cared more for him than he did for me. And was I wrong?
Maggie Walton’s father has dedicated his life to a single pursuit: hunting down the monster created by Victor Frankenstein. It has cost Maggie and her family everything - and now her father is staking everything on one last voyage to the Arctic, with Maggie secretly in tow, where he hopes to find the monster at last.
But there they make a shocking discovery: Frankenstein’s monster has a son....
A breath-taking, epic adventure, spanning the icy wastes of the Arctic tundra to the vaudeville circus of New York, from the award-winning author of No Ballet Shoes in Syria and Another Twist in the Tale.
©2021 Catherine Bruton (P)2021 Nosy Crow LtdThere was a feel of The Greatest Showman too.
Overall, enjoyable - but when we wandered into American History, displacement of the Native Population in both US and Canada, the impact of the Hudson Bay fur traders, the Underground Railroad and so on, sometimes it felt like too much. All these stories are hugely significant - but none get a fair telling.
The relationships between the younger characters and their ‘absent’ parents is well written. There are twists and turns which keep you in the moment, but the ending is a bit… well, obvious.
Good, but has a tendency to ramble
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