{"product_id":"mary-the-adventures-of-mary-shelleys-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter-9781644420294","title":"Mary: The Adventures of Mary Shelley's Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2021 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens pick.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen angsty teenager Mary Shelley is not interested in carrying on her family's celebrated legacy of being a great writer, but she soon discovers that she has the not-so-celebrated and super-secret Shelley power to heal monsters, just like her famous ancestor, and those monsters are not going to let her ignore her true calling anytime soon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone expects sixteen-year-old Mary to be a great writer. After all, her mother, her aunt, and her grandmother are all successful writers (as they constantly remind her)--not to mention her famous namesake, the OG Mary Shelley, horror author extraordinaire. But Mary is pretty sure she's not cut out for that life. She can't even stay awake in class  Then one dark and rainy night, she's confronted with a whole new destiny. Mary has the ability to heal monsters... and they're not going to leave her alone until she does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the help of a mysterious (and mysteriously cute) stranger, a Harpy, a possessed stuffed bunny, and her BFF Rhonda, Mary must uncover her family's darkest secret if she's going to save the monster world... and herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrant, Brea:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBrea Grant\u003c\/b\u003e is a filmmaker\/writer best known for co-writing\/directing the apocalyptic feature, \u003cem\u003eBest Friends Forever\u003c\/em\u003e, and acting on shows like \u003cem\u003eHeroes \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDexter\u003c\/em\u003e and features like \u003cem\u003eHalloween II \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDead Night. \u003c\/em\u003eShe has co-written two comic series -- \u003cem\u003eWe Will Bury You, \u003c\/em\u003ea 1920s zombie series, and \u003cem\u003eThe Suicide Girls\u003c\/em\u003e, based on the popular website. She also wrote a short story for the collection \u003cem\u003eZombies vs Robots: This Means War! \u003c\/em\u003eShe wrote and created the series, \u003cem\u003eThe Real Housewives of Horror \u003c\/em\u003efor Nerdist and most recently wrote and directed an episode of the Netflix show, \u003cem\u003eEastSiders. \u003c\/em\u003eAs if she's not busy enough, she also co-hosts a weekly podcast called \u003cem\u003eReading Glasses \u003c\/em\u003eon the Maximum Fun network. You can currently see her award-winning short \u003cem\u003eFeminist Campfire Stories\u003c\/em\u003e on Funny or Die and her acting work on the series \u003cem\u003eThe Arrangement. \u003c\/em\u003eShe wrote and will star in a feminist slasher called \u003cem\u003eLucky \u003c\/em\u003elater this year. In her spare time, she enjoys reading science fiction and watching too much TV while pretending like it's research. She lives in Los Angeles, California.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLi, Yishan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eYishan Li\u003c\/b\u003e is a professional UK\/Chinese manga artist currently living in Shanghai. Yishan has worked with publishers such as Top Cow, DC, Darkhorse, Random house, Titan comics, Delcourt, and Dargaud. Her recent works include: HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D.: 1956 (Dark Horse); Paradox Girl ( Top cow\/ Image); Buffy the High school years graphic novel (3 books, published by Dark Horse), Sugar ( Top Cow\/ Image), Lady Di and Me (Glenat France) and Blue Beetle (DC Comics). She lives in Shanghai.","brand":"Six Foot Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525393420562,"sku":"9781644420294","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aa928325-5bbe-4d27-b984-70e05367e433.jpg?v=1731216866","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mary-the-adventures-of-mary-shelleys-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter-9781644420294","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}