New Boy by Tracy Chevalier - ISBN: 9781784878856
Paperback
Othello in high school: friendship, race, and devastating betrayal unfolds.

New Boy

Othello, Retold

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    30 June 2026

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Summary

Shakespeare’s Othello is ingeniously transplanted into a high school setting in this taut story about teenage friendship and racial tension.

Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomat’s son Osei knows he needs an ally. Luckily he hits it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student can’t stand to witness this budding relationship: Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the black boy and the golden girl. By the end of the day…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781784878856
ISBN-10:1784878855
Author:Tracy Chevalier
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:30 June 2026
Weight:150g
Dimensions:196mm x 129mm x 15mm
Series:Shakespeare Retold
About The Author

Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier is best known for her historical novels, including the international bestseller Girl with a Pearl Earring and, most recently, At the Edge of the Orchard. She is also editor of Reader I Married Him - Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and has honorary doctorates from her alma maters Oberlin College and the University of East Anglia. She lives with her family in London.

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