Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Saving Hamlet
by Molly Booth
Ages: 14+
Published: 2016
Publisher: Hyperion/Disney
ISBN: 978-14847-5274-6
Keywords: Shakespeare, School Productions
Assistant stage manager, Emma time-travels to sixteenth century England to gain insights into Shakespeare's masterpiece and thereby shore up her high school's creaky production.