“Of all the monsters that Daniel Randle had seen in his life, he’d never seen one as terrible as Molly the Monster. If there was one thing Danny knew, though, it was that to fight a monster, you needed a monster. Lucky for him, he had Danny Frankenstein. DANNY FRANKENSTEIN follows ten-year-old Daniel Randle as he deals with some very big changes in his life. Following a family tragedy, he wraps himself up in a world of movie monsters and mad scientists, but with the help of some new friends, he is able to overcome his shyness and sadness and come out of his shell. When someone new enters his life and threatens to change everything, though it’s only with the help of Danny Frankenstein, the monster he becomes when he’s alone, that he can get through it all.”
Dear Danny was born after a convention that some friends and I put on in Flint. Two of the guests were celebrities who grew up as “monster kids,” which are essentially people who grew up loving monsters and scary movies. I was inspired by them to write a story about and for monster kids. A story dealing with a tough issue many kids face. It was my idea to normalize struggling with grief and trying to find your own way through it by following your passions and healing.
It’s a story of love, family, and finding yourself as an outsider.
https://www.amazon.com/Danny-Frankenstein-Chris-Ringler/dp/1511588624
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