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Enter the body / Joy McCullough.

McCullough, Joy, (author.). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Based on (work): Romeo and Juliet. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Based on (work): Hamlet. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Based on (work): King Lear. (Added Author).

Summary:

In the room beneath a theater stage, the ghosts of Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and other teenage girls who died tragically in Shakespeare's plays, share their experiences and trauma and get the chance to retell the stories of their lives in their own terms.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593406755
  • ISBN: 0593406753
  • ISBN: 9780593406779
  • ISBN: 059340677X
  • Physical Description: 320 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Dutton Books, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes discussion questions.
"Content Warning: While none of the following events happen on the page in this telling, these things are referenced as having happened in other versions of these stories: sexual assault, mutilation, and death by many forms, including suicide, murder, hanging, burning, drowning, and intimate partner violence." -- page before text
Target Audience Note:
Ages 14 and up. Dutton Books.
Grades 10-12. Dutton Books.
NP Lexile
Subject: Juliet (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Ophelia (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet > Fiction.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet > Fiction.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear > Fiction.
Characters and characteristics in literature > Fiction.
Teenage girls > Fiction.
Theater > Fiction.
English drama > Fiction.
Genre: Novels in verse.
Psychological fiction.
Ghost stories.
Drama.
Young adult fiction.

Available copies

  • 72 of 87 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 4 copies available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 87 total copies.
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Richlands Branch Library YA FIC MCCULLOUGH (Text) 36015001797428 Young Adult New Fiction Available -
Sneads Ferry Branch Library YA FIC MCCULLOUGH (Text) 36015000558078 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Main Library YA F McCullough (HS BOB) (Text) HS BOB 34269001423947 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library YA MCC (Text) 50503300486828 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library YA MCC (Text) 50503300486836 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Beaufort Main YA F MCCUL (Text) 34208213207102 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Benhaven Public Library YA F McC (Text) 33630005350447 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Bethlehem Branch YA F McCullough (Text) BOB 34269001422717 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Black Mountain Library YA MCC (Text) 0020660116615 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Bordeaux Library TEEN MCCULLOUGH (Text) 31781068864311 Young Adult Fiction Battle of the Book Available -