When I was in the fourth grade, my teacher-a wonderful woman who loved books, and taught her students to love them, too-brought a crate of novels to class. And I suppose we'll never figure it out.” And write about it in a way that still rings true, all these years later.” She smiled at them. “That's the real mystery, isn't it? Not whether he was a common merchant or the queen's son, but how he could understand so much about human nature. In this fast-paced novel, Elise Broach weaves an intriguing literary mystery full of historical insights and discoveries. Is it all in keeping with her namesake's origin-just much ado about nothing? Hero, being Hero, is determined to figure it out. Not to mention Danny Cordova, only the most popular boy in school.
There's a mysterious diamond hidden in her new house, a curious woman next door who seems to know an awful lot about it, and then, well, then there's Shakespeare. Hero is simply not interested in the connections.īut that's just the thing suddenly connections are cropping up all over, and odd characters and uncertain pasts are exactly what do fascinate Hero. So she has the same name as a girl in a book by a dusty old author.
When Hero starts sixth grade at a new school, she's less concerned about the literary origins of her Shakespearean name than about the teasing she's sure to suffer because of it. A missing diamond, a mysterious neighbor, a link to Shakespeare-can Hero uncover the connections?
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