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Such wicked intent / Kenneth Oppel.

Summary:

When his grieving father orders the destruction of the Dark Library, Victor retrieves a book in which he finds the promise of not just communicating with the dead, but entering their realm, and soon he, Elizabeth, and Henry are in the spirit world of Chateau Frankenstein, creating and growing a body.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781442403185 (hc.) :
  • ISBN: 1442403187 (hc.) :
  • Physical Description: 310 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
CatMonthString:dec.12
Subject: Alchemy > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers > Juvenile fiction.
Supernatural > Fiction.
Dead > Fiction.
Dead > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers > Fiction.
Twins > Juvenile fiction.
Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) > Juvenile fiction.
Twins > Fiction.
Alchemy > Fiction.
Geneva (Republic) > History > 18th century > Fiction.
Genre: Horror stories.
Young adult fiction.

Available copies

  • 3 of 4 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Radium Hot Springs Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Radium Hot Springs Public Library [Fic] OPP (Text) 35130000019624 Young Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

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  • Baker & Taylor
    When his grieving father orders the destruction of the Dark Library, Victor retrieves a book in which he finds the promise of not just communicating with the dead, but entering their realm, and soon he, Elizabeth, and Henry are in the spirit world of Chateau Frankenstein, creating and growing a body.
  • Baker & Taylor
    When his father orders the destruction of the Dark Library, Victor retrieves a book in which he finds the promise of entering the dead's realm, and soon he, Elizabeth, and Henry are in the spirit world, creating and growing a body.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Swearing off alchemy and burning the Dark Library after a tragic event, 16-year-old Victor Frankenstein resolves to distance himself from his brother's betrothed, Elizabeth, only to be pulled with her through a portal into the spirit world, where they explore infinite possibilities in power and passion.
  • Simon and Schuster
    Devotion turns deadly in this second Gothic thriller from Kenneth Oppel.

    When does obsession become madness? Tragedy has forced sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein to swear off alchemy forever. He burns the Dark Library. He vows he will never dabble in the dark sciences again'just as he vows he will no longer covet Elizabeth, his brother's betrothed.
         If only these things were not so tempting.
         When he and Elizabeth discover a portal into the spirit world, they cannot resist. Together with Victor's twin, Konrad, and their friend Henry, the four venture into a place of infinite possibilities where power and passion reign. But as they search for the knowledge to raise the dead, they unknowingly unlock a darkness from which they may never return.

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