Summary
Selby hates homework. She would rather watch TV – anything to escape the tedium of school, her parents’ bookshop and small-town busybodies. So Selby didn’t plan to read Hamlet. She certainly never planned to meet him.
This novel transports Selby, and the reader, into the cold and crime-ridden play itself. Here she meets Hamlet – heavy with grief, the young prince is overthinking and over everything. Selby can relate. But unlike Hamlet, Selby isn’t afraid of making decisions. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143779278 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143779273 |
| Author: | R.A. Spratt |
| Publisher: | Penguin Australia Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | Puffin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 4 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 150g |
| Dimensions: | 1mm x 1mm x 1mm |
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Critics Review
“The book offers a refreshingly different, wildly imaginative take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet…Teens who have read, watched, or studied Hamlet may be in the best position to enjoy the novel, but others will be captivated by Selby and Dan’s adventures as well as Spratt’s irrepressible humor.” –Booklist Reviews, Starred Review
“The book presents a convincing argument for Shakespeare’s value in modern-day classrooms, even for struggling readers. A time-travel story designed to bring Shakespeare to life that educators may find useful.”–Kirkus Reviews
“A cleverly pleasant modern take on Shakespearean themes and humor.”– Publishers Weekly
“Overall, this is a fun time travel story that will also help readers better understand Shakespeare!”–Youth Services Book Review
“Spratt’s writing allows the reader to gloss over direct quotes from the play without losing the plot. Readers are given a glimpse into Shakespeare’s life when he wrote Hamlet, and on mental illness in the Middle Ages.”–Quebec Library Association
About The Author
R.A. Spratt
R.A. Spratt was born in the UK and lived in Dursley, Gloucestershire - a town immortalised by Harry Potter’s deeply unpleasant relatives - until she was two years old. Then, like many ambitious English people cursed with regional accents so strong no other British person can take them seriously, her family moved to Australia.
The tedium of growing up in the western suburbs of Sydney was fertiliser to the growth of R.A.’s imagination. The only thing for a kid to do was get on a bicycle and go to the library, so R.A. Spratt did just that. Once there, she read everything, devouring the books of Arthur Ransome, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, Robin Klein and Judy Blume, and audiotapes of Shakespeare productions and Sherlock Holmes dramatisations. And so, her young mind was formed, and set on the path of becoming the extraordinary author she is today.
Now based in Bowral NSW, she’s the bestselling writer of dozens of absurd and witty books including Friday Barnes, The Adventures of Nanny Piggins, The Peski Kids and the Shockingly and Astonishingly Good Stories collections. Her podcast, Bedtime Stories with R. A. Spratt, has had over 2 million downloads and connects R. A. with story-lovers across the globe.
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