Shakespeare's Secret
by:
Elise Broach (author)
Starting sixth grade at a new school is never easy, especially when your name is Hero. Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, Hero isn’t at all interested in this literary connection. But when she’s told by an eccentric neighbor that there might be a million dollar diamond hidden in her...
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Starting sixth grade at a new school is never easy, especially when your name is Hero. Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, Hero isn’t at all interested in this literary connection. But when she’s told by an eccentric neighbor that there might be a million dollar diamond hidden in her new house and that it could reveal something about Shakespeare’s true identity, Hero is determined to live up to her name and uncover the mystery.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312371326 (0312371322)
ASIN: 312371322
Publish date: August 21st 2007
Publisher: Square Fish
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Originally posted at Nose in a BookTo say I have a soft spot for childrens books is an understatement. I adore them. I was a voracious reader as a child and that has not changed now. Fine, grad school gets in the way now, but I still try to read as much as possible. (Has nothing to do with my fear o...
If Nancy Drew was written by an Elizabethan historian this is what would happen. A charming and entertaining one-off.
I picked this up because of Brett Helquist's illustrations, but it ended up being a pretty okay story as well. Any book that gets kids interested in Shakespeare is okay by me. With that said, I don't appreciate that while it's getting kids interested in Shakespeare, it does so by bringing them into ...
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