In the room beneath a stage's trapdoor, Shakespeare’s dead teenage girls compare their experiences and retell the stories of their lives, their loves, and their fates in their own words. Bestselling author Joy McCullough offers a brilliant testament to how young women can support each other and reclaim their stories in the aftermath of trauma.---from the publisher
336 pages 978-0593406755 Ages 14-17
Keywords: historical fiction, retelling, girls and women, Shakespeare, trauma, healing, resilience, finding yourself, 14 year old, 15 year old, 16 year old, finding your voice, self image, self esteem, standing up for yourself
Editor's note: The voices of Juliet, Ophelia, Lavinia and Cordelia are the characters in this story
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Other reviews:
“At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard’s most tragic heroines. More than a tribute to Shakespeare, this kaleidoscopic, ambitious novel-in-verse gives Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and Lavinia the chance to tell their own stories full of passion, justice, sisterhood, and love. Simply spectacular.”—Michael L. Printz Award winner Laura Ruby, author of Bone Gap
