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Falling for Hamlet
written by Michelle Ray
Ages: 14+
Published: 2011
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 978-0-316-10162-2
Keywords:
A many-layered modern interpretation of Shakespeare's revenge tragedy told through the eyes of an appealing Ophelia who, here, doesn't drown, but presents an account close to that in the Elizabethan play.