When his twin brother falls ill in the family's chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain quest to create the forbidden Elixir of Life described in an ancient text in the family's secret Biblioteka Obscura. Interest Level: YA ATOS Book Level: 4.9 AR Interest Level: UG AR Points: 11 AR Quiz: 145776EN Reading Counts Level: 4.3 Reading Counts Points: 19 Lexile Measure: 690 Iowa Teen Award 2013 - 14.