Prometheus High 1: How to Make a Monster

Published: 29 March 2022
ISBN: 9781761042256
Imprint: Puffin
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
RRP: $16.99

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Children's fiction

Prometheus High 1: How to Make a Monster

Stuart Wilson

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<h3>A hugely inventive, action-packed, fun and quirky – and occasionally dark – adventure for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant, Nevermoor or Frankenstein.</h3>

A rusting ocean liner.
Thirty students learning to resurrect the dead.
A murderous monster on the loose . . .
Just a typical day at PROMETHEUS HIGH.

Athena Strange's first semester at Prometheus High starts with a bang. But when her lessons in reanimation, robotics and skulkers move too slowly and she has trouble making friends, Athena decides to take matters into her own hands.

On a ship where science and magic collide, and the monster under your bed is probably very real . . . will Athena be able to hold her head above water?
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'This quirky novel is a lot of fun ... a story about struggling to fit in, having patience and the importance of teamwork.' Books and Publishing

'In the first few pages of this story the reader will realise it's fun, it's quirky and they can't put it down.' Schooldays Magazine

Published: 29 March 2022
ISBN: 9781761042256
Imprint: Puffin
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
RRP: $16.99

Categories:

Children's fiction

About the author

Stuart Wilson

Stuart Wilson lives in Naarm/Melbourne with his wife and son. He is the author of The 113th Assistant Librarian and the Prometheus High books. Quite the oxymoron, he can frequently be found lost in a book.

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The 113th Assistant Librarian 2: Lost in a Book

Prometheus High 2: The Books of the Dead

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Praise for Prometheus High 1: How to Make a Monster

Wildly inventive, action-packed and with plenty of humour . . . Wilson has created a deliciously dark and macabre world for events to unfold . . . It is a monstrously good read!
Matt Wilson, awordaboutbooks.com

This quirky novel is a lot of fun and Wilson creates a vivid world.
Charlotte Callander, Books + Publishing

If you wanted to add an extra layer of magic and monsters to your mystery, then you can't go past … the Frankensteinian mayhem of Prometheus High 1: How to Make a Monster by Stuart Wilson.
Michael Earp, Sydney Morning Herald

Undoubtably an amazingly fun, creepy, weird and macabre middle grade adventure story.
Sarah Custance, Story Links

A marvellous genre mashup that’s a whole lot of fun and very entertaining to read. If you can imagine Tim Burton teaming up with the writers of the Bioshock game series to work on a kids book about a school for budding young Frankensteins set aboard a dilapidated and rather creepy old cruise ship, then you’re imagining something pretty close to Prometheus High . . . Wilson’s writing style is witty, richly descriptive, evocative, and atmospheric. He has brought together a wonderful and diverse cast of characters for his first book, and I for one am very much looking forward to the next one!
Christian Price, Reading Time