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A review by williamsdebbied
Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach
4.0
Hero has always hated her name. Her father is a Shakespeare scholar and she and her sister, the pretty and popular Beatrice, are named after character in Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing. Hero is shy and doesn't make friends easily. She gets picked on a lot at school.
Hero becomes friends with her elderly neighbor, Miriam Roth and they bond over the mystery of the missing "Murphy Diamond," a large diamond that was supposedly stolen from the house where Hero now lives. A popular boy also helps in the search, but it is only when the diamond is found that the real mystery is solved.
The best part of the book is the interwoven relationships of the main characters and the realistic, if rather depressing, middle school where Hero goes to school.
Hero becomes friends with her elderly neighbor, Miriam Roth and they bond over the mystery of the missing "Murphy Diamond," a large diamond that was supposedly stolen from the house where Hero now lives. A popular boy also helps in the search, but it is only when the diamond is found that the real mystery is solved.
The best part of the book is the interwoven relationships of the main characters and the realistic, if rather depressing, middle school where Hero goes to school.