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This dark endeavorThis dark endeavor

This dark endeavor

Kenneth Oppel

3.3(12)on Hardcover

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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.

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OL Work ID
OL15941999W

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AlchemyElixir of lifeTwinsHistoryBrothesFictionBrothersJuvenile fictionChildren's fictionTwins, fictionSwitzerland, fictionVictor Frankenstein (Fictitious character)CousinsFrankenstein (Personnage fictif)TeenagersPrivate librariesCanadian Fantasy fictionRomans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse

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