The Evil Within

By Catherine MacPhail

Atmospheric, haunting and spine-chilling, this imagining of a young Henry Jekyll’s childhood and his transformation into the infamous Mr Hyde is sure to thrill.

What transforms an ordinary Edinburgh boy into the most infamous split personality of all time? This vividly imagined diary of the young Henry Jekyll examines the contradictions within us all and teases out one possible backstory for the character in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.