The Resource This dark endeavor, Kenneth Oppel
This dark endeavor, Kenneth Oppel
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- Summary
- In this prequel to Mary Shelley's gothic classic, Frankenstein, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein begins a dark journey that will change his life forever. Victor's twin, Konrad, has fallen ill, and no doctor is able to cure him. Unwilling to give up on his brother, Victor enlists his beautiful cousin Elizabeth and his best friend, Henry, on a treacherous search for the ingredients to create the forbidden Elixier of Life. Impossible odds, dangerous alchemy, and a bitter love triangle threaten their quest at every turn. Victor knows he must not fail. But his success depends on how far he is willing to push the boundaries of nature, science, and love and how much he is willing to sacrifice
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 298 pages
- Note
- Includes a Reading Group Guide and a sneak peak into the next book "Suck Wicked Intent"
- Isbn
- 9781442403154
- Label
- This dark endeavor
- Title
- This dark endeavor
- Statement of responsibility
- Kenneth Oppel
- Subject
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- trueFrankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character)
- trueAlchemy
- trueTeenage boys
- trueIdentical twins
- trueAlchemists
- trueSick teenage boys
- true18th century -- 1701 -- 1800
- trueLove triangles
- trueClassics-inspired fiction
- Geneva (Republic) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
- trueGothic fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueGeneva (Republic) -- History -- 18th century
- Twins -- Fiction
- trueHorror
- Alchemy -- Fiction
- trueSixteen-year-old boys
- Brothers -- Fiction
- trueTwin brothers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this prequel to Mary Shelley's gothic classic, Frankenstein, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein begins a dark journey that will change his life forever. Victor's twin, Konrad, has fallen ill, and no doctor is able to cure him. Unwilling to give up on his brother, Victor enlists his beautiful cousin Elizabeth and his best friend, Henry, on a treacherous search for the ingredients to create the forbidden Elixier of Life. Impossible odds, dangerous alchemy, and a bitter love triangle threaten their quest at every turn. Victor knows he must not fail. But his success depends on how far he is willing to push the boundaries of nature, science, and love and how much he is willing to sacrifice
- Summary
- 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
- Award
- YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2012
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10011846
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1967-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Oppel, Kenneth
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 690
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 7
- 10
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1797-1851
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein
- Series volume
- bk. 1
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Twins
- Brothers
- Alchemy
- Geneva (Republic)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- This dark endeavor, Kenneth Oppel
- Note
- Includes a Reading Group Guide and a sneak peak into the next book "Suck Wicked Intent"
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19730218
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 298 pages
- Isbn
- 9781442403154
- Lccn
- 2011016974
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Label
- This dark endeavor, Kenneth Oppel
- Note
- Includes a Reading Group Guide and a sneak peak into the next book "Suck Wicked Intent"
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19730218
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 298 pages
- Isbn
- 9781442403154
- Lccn
- 2011016974
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
Subject
- true18th century -- 1701 -- 1800
- trueAlchemists
- trueAlchemy
- Alchemy -- Fiction
- Brothers -- Fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueClassics-inspired fiction
- trueFrankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character)
- trueGeneva (Republic) -- History -- 18th century
- Geneva (Republic) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
- trueGothic fiction
- trueHorror
- trueIdentical twins
- trueLove triangles
- trueSick teenage boys
- trueSixteen-year-old boys
- trueTeenage boys
- trueTwin brothers
- Twins -- Fiction
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