This monstrous thing
(Book)

Horn Book Guide,,4/2016

Publishers Weekly,,6/8/2015

School Library Journal,,8/2015

In 1818 in the city of Geneva, there is a hidden society of clockwork-built men, cared for by the Shadow Boys, illegal mechanics whose lives are always in danger. Two years ago, Shadow Boy Alasdair's life fell apart when his brother Oliver died and his sweetheart Mary disappeared. His only chance to get out of Geneva is gone--unless he does the unconscionable and brings his brother back from the dead with clockwork technology. He partially succeeds, but he may have created a monster. When Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is published, the hunt for clockwork men and their Shadow Boy creators is on, and Alasdair and Oliver have only each other to rely on.

9-12.