{"product_id":"marys-monster-love-madness-and-how-mary-shelley-created-frankenstein-9781626725003","title":"Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Both timely and terrifying.\" --Gregory Macguire, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWicked\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePairing free verse with over three hundred pages of black-and-white watercolor illustrations, \u003ci\u003eMary's Monster \u003c\/i\u003eis a unique and stunning biography of Mary Shelley, the pregnant teenage runaway who became one of the greatest authors of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLegend is correct that Mary Shelley began penning \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e in answer to a dare to write a ghost story. What most people don't know, however, is that the seeds of her novel had been planted long before that night. By age nineteen, she had been disowned by her family, was living in scandal with a married man, and had lost her baby daughter just days after her birth. Mary poured her grief, pain, and passion into the powerful book still revered two hundred years later, and in \u003ci\u003eMary's Monster\u003c\/i\u003e, author\/illustrator Lita Judge has poured her own passion into a gorgeous book that pays tribute to the life of this incredible author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2019 NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2019 Amelia Bloomer Project Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis title has Common Core connections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Roaring Brook Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626725003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017 - Recommended - Better Than Most\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018 pg. 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2018 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e501480 \/ Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.1 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade Plus \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 3\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lita Judge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36662898327708,"sku":"9781626725003","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b2263373-8110-42db-bbf8-6a9cf4c4080c.jpg?v=1603903019","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/marys-monster-love-madness-and-how-mary-shelley-created-frankenstein-9781626725003","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}