Jill Jekel is devastated by the murder of her father. When the police discover that he had been involved in illegal activities they lose interest in finding his murderer. Jill discovers that her father had been secretly working in his laboratory in the middle of the night and used her college savings account to fund his experiments! Now with her mother falling apart, Jill tries to find “normal” again. When the mysterious, handsome Tristen Hyde gives Jill attention and support she finds herself curiously drawn to him. And when their chemistry teacher suggests they work together in a competition for a chance to win a 30K scholarship they find that they need each other both creatively and emotionally. Is the Robert Louis Stevenson classic a work of fiction or could Dr. Jekyll’s experiment have been real? Tristen and Jill need to find out!
I will definitely put Beth Fantaskey’s Jekel Loves Hyde in my classroom library for my 7th grade students. This combination of mystery and fantasy is a fun read and a study of good vs. evil. It’s suspenseful and sizzling, scary and satisfying. It made me want to go back and re-read the RLS classic and might lead teens in the same direction.
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