SFF Author: Kenneth Oppel

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Such Wicked Intent: The exciting life of young Frankenstein continues

Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth Oppel Such Wicked Intent is the follow-up to This Dark Endeavour and as such puts us two-thirds of the way through Kenneth Oppel’s YA trilogy detailing the early years of Victor Frankenstein. And as the book ends with a very well known scene from early in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, well, […]

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Bloom: A scary plant pandemic that now seems possible

Reposting to include Bill’s new review. Bloom by Kenneth Oppel Three kids battle an invasive plant in Kenneth Oppel’s latest middle grade fantasy. Bloom (2020) is mysterious and thrilling all the way through. Our heroes are: Anaya, who’s allergic to almost everything. Petra, who’s allergic to water. She used to be Anaya’s best friend until […]

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Ghostlight: An entertaining and engaging MG ghost story

Ghostlight by Kenneth Oppel Kenneth Oppel’s Ghostlight is a quick-moving MG story involving a trio of teens battling a long-dead villain seeking to raise an army of ghosts in modern-day Toronto. Full of action, the narrative also includes a number of brief but effective emotional moments and also highlights the poor treatment of Native groups. […]

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More books by Kenneth Oppel

Matt Cruse — (2004-2009) Young adult. Publisher: Sailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crow’s nest, being the ship’s eyes. We were two nights out of Sydney, and there’d been no weather to speak of so far. I was keeping watch on a dark stack of nimbus clouds off to the northwest, but […]

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