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Enter the Body

Joy McCullough

Ages: 14+

Published: 2023

Publisher: Dutton Books/Penguin Random House

ISBN: 978-0-593-40675-5

Keywords: Novel in Verse, Retelling, Shakespearian Tragedies, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear

In the trap room beneath the stage, three Shakespearean characters—Juliet, Ophelia, and Cordelia—recount their stories, revising them as they wish they'd been told. Mature content