The Shakespeare Stealer
by Gary Blackwood
Fourteen-year-old Widge is an orphan living in a small village in Elizabethan England.... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 1998
Word Count 47,688
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 840L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 28290, 7.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Shakespeare, William
- Actors
- Theater--Fiction
- Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603--Fiction
- Actors and actresses--Fiction
- Orphans--Fiction
- Elizabeth, 1558-1603
- Actors and actresses
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Renaissance
- Orphans
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Fiction
- History
- Theater
- Great Britain
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
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Study Guide from Idaho Shakespeare Festival
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Book Readings 1
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Awards & Distinctions 3
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 1999
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2022
Selection, 1999
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
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