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The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet
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The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Erin Dionne (Author) (edit contributors)

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Hamlet Kennedy just wants to be your average, happy, vanilla eighth grader. But with Shakespearean scholar parents who dress in Elizabethan regalia and generally go about in public as if it were the sixteenth century, that's not terribly easy. It gets worse when they decide that Hamlet's... read more

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Hamlet, named for her Shakespeare-obsessed parents’ favorite play, is starting the school year with the goal of fitting in. Not so easy when her parents walk around in Elizabethan garb and her seven-year-old genius sister, Desdemona, will be beginning eighth grade alongside her. Hamlet’s two... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Hamlet, named for her Shakespeare-obsessed parents’ favorite play, is starting the school year with the goal of fitting in. Not so easy when her parents walk around in Elizabethan garb and her seven-year-old genius sister, Desdemona, will be beginning eighth grade alongside her. Hamlet’s two nemeses immediately befriend her sister and her crush doesn’t notice her (though her male best friend is supposedly crushing on her). Here nemeses pretend to like her to learn about Shakespeare. The final straw is the Shakespeare festival at school. When selected in class to read from A Midsummer Night’s Dream , Hamlet proves to be a brilliant reader of the Bard, a skill she quickly tries to hide. Unsurprisingly, she must decide if it’s better to shine as herself, both at school and at home, or to blend in the background. Hamlet’s parents and circumstances feel over the top, but her emotions will resonate with anyone who has been embarrassed by family or confused by boys.

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  • “It's hard to be mad at someone who is barely four feet tall and wearing Nemo pants.”
    Hamlet
  • “It's how you felt. And feelings don't always make sense. That's why they're feelings - not thinkings.”
    Hamlet
  • “It's hard to be your own person, especially when those around you are very distinctive. The important thing is for you to carve out your own space in the world.”
    mom
  • “People will say stuff if I mess up. Or if I do too good a job.""Most people are lame-os. That's why you have to have fun."”
    Hamlet and K. C.
  • “Though she be but little, she is fierce.”
    Shakespeare originally, and Dezzie's shirt
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  • “God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.”
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  • “And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed,”
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  • ✳ Unlike at home, slang, “commoner’s speech,” and contractions are a communication necessity
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  • And feelings don’t always make sense. That’s why they’re feelings—not thinkings,”
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  • “Well, I see that fashion wears out more apparel than the man,”
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  • “It’s hard to be your own person,” she agreed, “especially when those around you are very distinctive. The important thing is for you to carve out your own space in the world.
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  • “Of course you can’t tell the difference—you’re about as observant as a wind-up toy.
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I hadn't figured out a way to stop in time, join the circus, or make myself invisible.

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Act I The Problem (s)
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Act II The Low Points
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Act III And Then we Came to the end
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Denouement, or What Came Later

Acknowledgements

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  • huzzah: An exclamation of joy/triumph

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  • Shakespear: Hamlet learns that she has talent in reading Shakespear's plays

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  1. Erin Dionne (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Dial
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 7, 2010
ISBN: 0803732988
Page Count: 304

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