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The Shakespeare Stealer is a great book that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the end. It is about an orphan named Widge who is an apprentice for a scientist named Dr. Bright who has teached him to write in a special form of short-hand that only Widge can understand. One day a... read more
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Summary edit
A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troup in order to steal the script of "Hamlet" but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty.
Characters/People edit
- Nick: A trouble- making boy in the theater group who dislikes Widge as well as most of the other people because he thinks he is better than them.
- Sander: A friend of Widge who helps him know what to do in the theatre.
- Mr. Armin: A man in the theater group.
- Julian: Another apprentice. He becomes friends with Widge and helps him with Sander.
- Mr. Shakespeare: William Shakespeare, playwright and poet. The author of Hamlet.
- Dr. Bright: Widge's first master. He was the inventor of the shorthand that Widge can write in.
- Falconer: The man who buys Widge and brings him to Simon Bass
- Simon Bass: Widge's second master. He is the one that orders Widge to steal from Shakespeare.
- Jack: Add a description of this character.
- Chris Beeston
- Pigwideon (widge): Orphan;main character. Is sent by Simon Bass to steal the play
First Sentence edit
I never knew my mother or my father.
Glossary edit
- wis: wis means guess. Widge says it because it is what he says in the part of England he came from
- aye: yes
- nay: no
- Gay's blood: Sort of old English for the term " O God" al
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in Shakespeare Stealer. (standard series)
Followed by Shakespeare's Scribe.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Gary Blackwood (Author) - Gary L. Blackwood sold his first story when he was nineteen, and has been writing and publishing stories, articles, plays, novels, and nonfiction books regularly ever since. His stage plays have won awards and been produced in university and regional theatre. Nonfiction subjects he's covered include biography, history, and paranormal phenomena. His juvenile novels, which include WILD TIMOTHY, THE DYING SUN, and THE SHAKESPEARE STEALER, are set in a wide range of times and places, from Elizabethan England to a parallel universe. Several have received special recognition and been translated into other languages. He lives near Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0525458638
Page Count: 208
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0525458638
Page Count: 208
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- Books › Children's Books › History & Historical Fiction › Fiction › Renaissance
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- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Action & Adventure
- Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Teacher Share by Scholastic: Teacher Share by Scholastic has FREE lessons for teachers, posted by teachers. This is a Q and A discussion guide for this book.
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