Mary Shelley: The Strange True Tale of Frankenstein's Creator by Catherine Reef
Published by Clarion Books on September 18th 2018
ISBN: 1328740056
Pages: 224
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“The Strange True Tale of Frankenstein’s Creator Mary Shelley” by Catherine Reef is an interesting biography that goes through Mary Shelley’s life from birth to death. It is fairly depressing, since Mary had a lot of bad stuff happen in her life (from being shunned by her family, to living in poverty, to having multiple children die, and more!), but it is very thorough and includes a lot of illustrations to break up the large amounts of text.  Because there is a lot of information, the book is fairly dense and not for someone who is casually interested in Mary’s life. I learned many things about her that I never knew and think that this would be a good addition to your collection if you have a lot of young adult biographies or for a teen who is really into bios.

Reviewed by Kate Radke, Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook