![]() There are SO MANY speeches where you don't have to cheat for it to work. Plus for Shakespeare experts to choose certain lines to illustrate iambic pentameter where you have to cheat on the stresses to make it work (Seriously, it wouldn't have been Wea-VING spi-DERS come NOT.that makes no sense) KILLS me. The villainesses' scheme is painfully obvious and everyone else is painfully oblivious - what kind of parents take the word of a sheltered home-schooled seven year old as to how things are progressing in the socially painful place of middle school rather than the middle-schooler's? It may just be too well-aimed at the No One Understands Me Age Group.Ĭlass periods only lasted long enough for Hamlet to come in, have a snotty conversation and be saved by the bell. I really thought I would like this one more than I did - I have a definite affection for all things Shakespeare, but more than anything else, I found this book intensely frustrating. Several Afterschool Special Style Sibling "Fights" Several Excerpts from Shakespeare of Dubious Relevance or Valueġ Excruciatingly Poor Choice of Example to Illustrate Iambic Pentameterġ Super Secret Admirer providing Several Origami Pigs ![]() 1 Eighth Grader Desperate Not to Stand Outġ Genius Little Sister Single-handedly Destroying Her Bid for AnonymityĬountless Class Periods that Last Five Minutes Worth of Dialogue ![]()
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