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Author Bailey, Linda, 1948- author.

Title Mary who wrote Frankenstein / written by Linda Bailey ; illustrated by Júlia Sardà.

Publication Info. [Toronto] : Tundra Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers, [2018]
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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB SHELLEY    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Children's Department  J BIO SHELLEY    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  JB SHELLEY B    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J BIO SHELLEY, MARY    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Children's Room  JB SHELLEY, MARY BAI    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Biography  JB SHELLEY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J92 SHELLEY    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  JB SHELLEY    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Children's Department  JB SHELLEY    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  JB SHELLEY    Check Shelf

Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page [50]).
Summary How does a story begin? Sometimes it begins with a dream, and a dreamer. Mary is one such dreamer, a little girl who learns to read by tracing the letters on the tombstone of her famous feminist mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, and whose only escape from her strict father and overbearing stepmother is through the stories she reads and imagines. Unhappy at home, she seeks independence, and at the age of sixteen runs away with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, another dreamer. Two years later, they travel to Switzerland where they meet a famous poet, Lord Byron. On a stormy summer evening, with five young people gathered around a fire, Byron suggests a contest to see who can create the best ghost story. Mary has a waking dream about a monster come to life. A year and a half later, Mary Shelley's terrifying tale, Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus, is published -- a novel that goes on to become the most enduring monster story ever and one of the most popular legends of all time. A riveting and atmospheric picture book about the young woman who wrote one of the greatest horror novels ever written and one of the first works of science fiction, Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein is an exploration of the process of artistic inspiration that will galvanize readers and writers of all ages.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Subject Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 -- Juvenile literature.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. (OCoLC)fst00036781
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.
Women authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Authors, English. (OCoLC)fst00821945
Authors, English.
Women -- Biography.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Biographies.
Picture books.
Added Author Sardà, Júlia, illustrator.
Other Form: Bailey, Linda, 1948- author. Mary who wrote Frankenstein./ Toronto, Ontario : Tundra Books, 2018. (CaOONL)20179055631
ISBN 9781770495593 (hardback)
1770495592 (hardback)
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