Shakespeare's Secret, by Elise Broach, tells the story of Hero, a girl who has just moved to the outskirts of Washington DC. Struggling to fit in as she tries to navigate the pressures of social scene at her new middle school, Hero finds friendship in Mrs. Roth, her neighbor, and Danny Cordova, a popular student at her school. Together they investigate the mystery of the Murphy diamond. The previous owners of Hero's new house possessed an old diamond of extreme value. They were said to have hidden the diamond in the house in order to collect the insurance. Together, Hero, Danny, and Mrs. Roth collaborate to solve their only clue- a poem left behind by Arthur Murphy for Mrs. Roth.This book was really amazing! The plot was very elaborate, and I was surprised on many different occasions. The characters were also really richly described, which gave me a really good picture of the story. The book had a lot of really interesting history and theories about the true identity of Shakespeare that was very skillfully interwoven into the plot. It introduced me to a lot of topics of debate I didn't even know existed. I found the book really enjoyable, while simultaneously being thought-provoking. I'm interested in reading other books by the same author, as this one was well-written and imaginative.
This book is quite intresting. So far, this girls called Hero has moved house, yet again, and is setteling into a new school, but with a name like Hero - she was named after a person out of one of shakespear's plays because her dad has some job that involves Shakespears's plays - and a sister who is perfect in every single way, starting a new school isnt the easiest thing to do. She has just found out from an old lady that lives ner them that the house she lives in once was very famous because there was a big case about a diamond being stolen form the house, but people think that it wasn't stolen but that it was hidden, so Hero has decided to look for it.
ReplyDeleteOverall, i think the book is okay, the only thing that realy anoys me is that it's written in the third person, and i usually prefer books that are written in the first person 'cause you can really feel like you are the character as they describe all their feelings.
But so far, the book isn't too boring. I'm just going to have to wait and see what happens later on