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Gr 8 Up—Hemphill's ability to plumb the depths of an author's pain and despair is evident in this examination of the life of Mary Shelley, best known as the author of Frankenstein and wife of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. This present-tense novel in verse provides an intimate glimpse into Mary's life. In addition to pondering questions of life and death, Hemphill explores morality, fidelity, creation, and pain. Mary's personal life reads like a soap opera. At age 16, she ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The years of Mary Godwin Shelley's relationship with Percy Bysshe Shelley were full of drama, not least of which involved the writing of Mary's most famous story, Frankenstein. In this first-person, present-tense verse novel, Hemphill tracks young Mary's moves and emotions from the time she becomes infatuated with Shelley through their scandalous elopement, penury, European travels, and the births and deaths of t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More