King Of Shadows by Susan Cooper

King Of Shadows by Susan CooperAward winning author Susan Cooper brings the vivid, magical world of Shakespeare's London to life in this rich and powerful novel. I lay very still, with all my senses telling me that I had gone mad. The plague? Nobody's had the plague for centuries . . . Nathan Field, a talented young actor, arrives at the newly rebuilt Globe Theatre in London to play Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. As rehearsals begin, eerie echoes of the past begin to haunt Nat,

Joyfully polyphonic and vibrantly contemporary

Alice embarks on a journey of painful discovery- of memories lost and found

'An absurdly good writer

raisin-encrusted parents (and their children)

is like quaffing the finest champagne on earth

loved by generations of players

Because of her stupid idea

determination

2005 Children's Book of the Year for Early Childhood

As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School

'Masterfully designed

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