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FrankenStories

Guillermo del Toro is bringing Mary Shelley's classic novel about a man and his monster to life on the silver screen! Enjoy this list of stories that revive Frankenstein's tale with a twist.

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  • This is a hilarious Fankenstein retelling that imagines the "Frankenstein's monster" character as a revived Chicano man.
    Book, 2024Portland, Oregon : Forest Avenue Press, 2024. — SciFic Olivas
  • From Publishers Weekly Reviews: "Taking a light, comedic approach to the historical and macabre, Thorne (The Hating Game) delivers laughs, thrills, and heart in this rom-com riff on Mary Shelley's classic monster tale. In 1814 England, eccentric…
    Book, 2022[New York, NY] : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — Fiction Thorne
  • Helga

    a Frankenstein Retelling

    Yu, Catherine
    From Bibliocommons: "Helga is not the obedient science experiment her father intended. And though she has only just awoken, he leaves her in the care of his lab assistant Penny to go on a business trip. Bursting with curiosity, Helga quickly escapes…
    Book, 2024Salem, MA : Page Street Publishing Co., 2024. — Fiction Yu TEEN
  • From Bibliocommons: "The events of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein unfold from the perspective of Elizabeth Lavenza, who is adopted as a child by the Frankensteins as a companion for their volatile son Victor."
    Book, 2018New York : Delacorte Press, [2018] — Fiction White TEEN
  • This is a graphic novel adaptation of Frankenstein.
    Book, 2014North Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint, [2014] — Fiction Burgan TEEN
  • From Bibliocommons: "Victoria and her assistant, her dog Igor, set out to make amazing slime, but one night their creation unexpectedly comes to life."
    Book, 2021New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2021. — Picture Book Keller
  • Book, 2012Boston : Sandpiper, [2012] — 811.6 R329f 2012 CHILD
  • Book, 2020New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — Picture Book Loren
  • Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich

    and Other Stories You're Sure to Like, Because They're All About Monsters, and Some of Them Are Also About Food ...

    Rex, Adam
    Book, 2006Orlando [Florida] : Harcourt, [2006] — 811.54 R329 2006 CHILD
  • This movie is laugh-out-loud funny.
    DVD, 2006Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, [2006] — DVD Young
  • DVD, 2013[Burbank, CA] : Disney, [2013] — DVD Frankenweenie CHILD
  • DVD, 2024Universal City, CA : Focus Features, [2024] — DVD Lisa