Danger and violence have always been part of Sue Dalston's East End upbringing. Unlovedby her mother, abused by her father, and brutalised throughout her entire marriage, she smashed her husband's skull with a claw hammer in a final act of desperation. All thatkeeps her sane is the knowledge that her four children are safe from harm. When she is celled up with the murderess Mathilda Enderby, their fates become inextricable linked and no-one, least of all Sue, could have predicted the consequences.
When Aunt Tabby and Uncle Drac head off to Transylvania, Araminta is upset—they're going to be away on her birthday. However, when it turns out that her almost-grown-up cousin, Mathilda, will be babysitting, it seems things couldn't get any better. But Mathilda's brought along trouble: two rowdy teenage ghosts, Ned and Jed, who listen to no one. It's a disaster! Can the girls figure out a way to get Ned and Jed out of the house for good?
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein, a story she wrote at the age of 19, is still a popular tale to this day. The novel is studied here in terms of its Romantic elements. Other works examined include Mathilda and The Last Man.