King of Shadows
 

King of Shadows

by Susan Cooper

WHAT'S NAT DOING IN SHAKESPEARE'S TIME?
Only in the world of the theater can Nat Field find an escape from the tragedies that have shadowed his young life. So he is thrilled when he is chosen to join an American drama troupe traveling to London to perform A Midsummer Night's Dream in a new replica of the famous Globe theater.
Shortly after arriving in England, Nat goes to bed ill and... (read more)

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We grabbed the audio version of this from the library after learning that the reader of this book is Jim Dale, the same reader of the Harry Potter series. Dale may be phenomenal at doing dozens of distinctive British accents, but he totally sucks at doing a Southern American accent. The book itself turned out to have a pretty decent story, too.

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