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This Dark Endeavour

Kenneth Oppel (2011)

SubgenreMiddle Grade Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age12
Goodreads3.82

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Reluctant Hero

Synopsis

When his twin brother falls ill in the family's chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain quest to create the forbidden Elixir of Life described in an ancient text in the family's secret Biblioteka Obscura. A prequel to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Suggested level: secondary.

Tags

Gothic FictionHistorical FantasyPrequelLiterary Adaptation