Stitch

This exceptional short novel is indebted to Mary Shelley’s <i>Frankenstein</i>… This adventure with danger a chase and daring deeds is skillfully told convincingly evoked and structured with revelations that compel you to read on. It has clarity pathos and humour and above all it makes us care about the characters and their connection to each other. A stunning Frankenstein spin-off… It is a fast-paced adventure throughout which Kenny’s simple prose and short cliff-hanger chapters… will keep even less confident readers on tenterhooks… Kenny brilliantly captures the pathos of Shelley’s novel. Thought-provoking and heartwarming this humane tale is beautifully and simply written. This spooky adventure explores some big thought-provoking questions about being different from other people and what it means to be human. Kenny’s revisiting of Frankenstein is a poignant deeply rewarding Gothic story for 9+. <p><b>A compelling atmospheric and gothic <i>Frankenstein</i>-inspired adventure by an award-winning Irish author.</b><br><br>A thrilling gothic adventure brimming with heart and bursting with big questions. I loved it. <i>Lucy Strange</i><br><br>Stitch is not a monster – he’s a creation.<br><br>He and his friend Henry Oaf were brought to life by the genius Professor Hardacre and have spent all their days in a castle deep in the woods far from humankind. But when the Professor dies and his pompous nephew comes to take over the laboratory they soon find out that his sights are set not on scientific discovery but personal glory. And Henry is his next experiment.<br><br>Can Stitch and Henry escape his clutches and make their way in a world they were never built for – and may never be ready for them?<br><br><i>A magnificent gothic adventure full of heart for age 8+</i></p> <p><b>Pádraig Kenny</b> is an Irish writer from County Kildare now living in Limerick. Previously an arts journalist a teacher and a librarian's assistant he now writes full-time. His first novel <i>Tin</i> and recent <i>The Monsters of Rookhaven </i>were both Waterstones Books of the Month. He has won the Children's Books Ireland Honour Award for Fiction been nominated for the Carnegie Medal and been shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards. This is his first book for Walker.<br><br><b>Steve McCarthy</b> is an Irish designer and illustrator. Steve’s first picture book <i>The Wilderness</i> won the Honour Award for Illustration at the Children’s Books Ireland Awards. His poetry anthology with Sarah Webb <i>A Sailor Went to Sea Sea Sea</i> was the 2017 Children’s Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards.</p> <p><b>A compelling atmospheric and gothic <i>Frankenstein</i>-inspired adventure by an award-winning Irish author.</b><br><br>A thrilling gothic adventure brimming with heart and bursting with big questions. I loved it. <i>Lucy Strange</i><br><br>Stitch is not a monster – he’s a creation.<br><br>He and his friend Henry Oaf were brought to life by the genius Professor Hardacre and have spent all their days in a castle deep in the woods far from humankind. But when the Professor dies and his pompous nephew comes to take over the laboratory they soon find out that his sights are set not on scientific discovery but personal glory. And Henry is his next experiment.<br><br>Can Stitch and Henry escape his clutches and make their way in a world they were never built for – and may never be ready for them?<br><br><i>A magnificent gothic adventure full of heart for age 8+</i></p>