Monster Garden
Vivien Alcock
Hardcover
(Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, July 31, 1989)
Frankie, the only girl in a family of brilliant scientists, feels unwanted and unloved. But her life changes dramatically when she acquires some living tissue from a genetic engineering laboratory and grows her own, loving monster. This is a humorous and tender story of the relationship between a young girl and her own pet monster, and her endeavours to keep her monster alive.