num_pages: 361
description: Love can be a real monster.Seventeen-year-old Boys never left home. When youre the son of Frankensteins monster and the Bride its tough to go out in public unless you want to draw the attention of a torch-wielding mob. And since Boy and his family live in a secret enclave of monsters hidden under Times Square its important they maintain a low profile.Boys only interactions with the world are through the Internet where hes a hacker extraordinaire who can hide his hulking body and stitched-together face behind a layer of code. When conflict erupts at home Boy runs away and embarks on a cross-country road trip with the granddaughters of Jekyll and Hyde who introduce him to malls and diners love and heartbreak. But no matter how far Boy runs he cant escape his demonsboth literal and figurativeuntil he faces his family once more.This hilarious romantic and wildly imaginative tale redefines what it means to be a monsterand a man.
language: English
title: Man Made Boy
publisher: Viking Penguin