Title: Shakespeare’s Secret
Author: Elise Broach
ISBN: 9780312371326
Summary: This tale follows a young girl named Hero, whose name is taken from the famed Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing. Hero, a sixth grader at a new school, finds it tough to deal with the teasing associated with her unique name. She soon learns, from her next-door neighbor Ms. Roth, that there is a famed diamond hidden somewhere in her new home. Ms. Roth owns a necklace, which she claims to have once held the missing diamond. With the help of Ms. Roth and a very popular eighth-grader named Danny Cordova, the police chief’s son, Hero sets out to solve the mystery of infamous diamond. Laced with historical implications, it is learned that the missing diamond may have belonged to Anne Boleyn or even an old Earl of Oxford who may have been the real Shakespeare. Together, Hero and her newfound friends delve into the world of Shakespearean literature get to the bottom of this enjoyable mystery.
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