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1) Frankenstein
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 17
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Frankenstein: Using parts from corpses, Victor Frankenstein creates a large, man-like creature. Rejected and abused by humans, the creature takes revenge by committing murder. Frankenstein then pursues the creature, determined to kill him or die in the attempt. -- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: When Dr. Henry Jekyll begins to look ill and isolates himself from his friends, they fear for his life. A mysterious evil man named Edward...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 17
Formats
Description
"Frankenstein was Mary Shelley's immensely powerful contribution to the ghost stories which she, Percy Shelley, and Byron devised one wet summer in Switzerland. Its protagonist is a young student of natural philosophy, who learns the secret of imparting life to a creature constructed from relics of the dead, with horrific consequences." "Frankenstein confronts some of the most feared innovations of evolutionism: topics such as degeneracy, hereditary...
3) Frankenstein
Author
Pub. Date
c1993
Description
Obsessed university student Victor Frankenstein creates a being by reanimating the dead, but when it opens its eyes he flees, leaving behind a being that craves affection and acceptance, but is reviled instead. The creature, vowing revenge, pursues Victor to the ends of the earth.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The young scientist Victor Frankenstein has created something amazing and horrible at the same time--a living being out of dead flesh and bone. His creation, however, turns out to be a monster! Frankenstein's creation quickly discovers that his hideous appearance frightens away any companions. Now Victor Frankenstein must stop his creation before the monster's loneliness turns to violence.
This book, in graphic novel format, retells the story...
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 17
Description
A simplified, abridged version of the classic about a monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies who develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator. Accompanied by a short biography of Mary Shelley and an essay focusing on the story's lessons of tolerance.
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"'Remarkably, a nineteen-year-old, writing her first novel, penned a tale that combines tragedy, morality, social commentary, and a thoughtful examination of the very nature of knowledge,' writes ... author Leslie S. Klinger in his foreword to The New Annotated Frankenstein. Despite its undeniable status as one of the most influential works of fiction ever written, Mary Shelley's novel is often reductively dismissed as the wellspring for tacky monster...
13) Frankenstein
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Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In graphic novel format this book tells the story of Dr. Victor Frankenstein's creation who was turned away to roam the countryside filled with anger.
14) Frankenstein
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Description
A retelling of Mary Shelley's classic horror story about the scientist who creates a hideous being only to have the monster turn on him and his family.
15) Frankenstein
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Pub. Date
[2011], ♭2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Recounts the story of the arrogant inventor who creates a monster that is repulsed in its efforts to find companionship and bereft of all human sympathy.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Description
In 1918 London, fifteen-year-old Billy, a pickpocket, meets Mr. Creecher, a monstrous giant, and their relationship swiftly turns from pure convenience to a strong bond as they journey northwards on the trail of Victor Frankenstein.
19) Frankenstein
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Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
An abriged version of the novel in which a monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
20) Frankenstein
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[2005], c1982
Description
A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.