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Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
In 1777, having been kidnapped and taken forcibly from England to the American colonies, fifteen-year-old Creighton becomes part of developments in the political unrest there that may spell defeat for the patriots and change the course of history.
Author
Series
Shakespeare stealer volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2000, ©1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troupe in order to steal the script of "Hamlet," but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty.
Author
Series
Shakespeare stealer volume 2
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In plague-ridden 1602 England, a fifteen-year-old orphan boy, who has become an apprentice actor, goes on the road with Shakespeare's troupe, and finds out more about his parents along the way.
4) Curiosity
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Rufus has nothing he can call his own. So when he's recruited by a shady showman to secretly operate a mechanical chess player called the Turk, Rufus sees an opportunity he can't turn down. But the job must be kept secret, and Rufus worries about what has happened to the previous operators of the Turk, who seem to disappear as soon as they are no longer needed. Can Rufus figure out the truth -- before his questions lead him into a...
Author
Series
Shakespeare stealer volume 3
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The winter of 1602 brings many changes for Widge, a young apprentice at London's Globe Theatre, as he becomes infatuated with Shakespeare's daughter Judith, attempts to write a play, learns more about his past, endangers himself to help a friend, acquires a new identity, and finds a new purpose in life.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
©2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
When seventeen-year-old Harry Fogg undertakes a race against time to win a wager with a member of his famous father's club, he puts to good use the recklessness and fascination with all things mechanical that have caused him trouble in Victorian England.
7) Second sight
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
©2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In Washington, D.C., during the last days of the Civil War, a teenage boy who performs in a mind reading act befriends a clairvoyant girl whose frightening visions foreshadow an assassination plot.
Author
Series
Shakespeare stealer volume 1
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
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Description
Collects the three novels of the author's series about a young orphan boy, Widge, who is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troupe in order to steal the script of "Hamlet," but instead finds friendship, a calling, and information about his past.
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