The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet
Jan 2010 · Sold by Penguin
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All Hamlet Kennedy wants is to be a normal eighth grader. But with parents like hers - Shakespearean scholars who actually dress in Elizabethan regalia . . . in public! - it's not that easy. As if they weren't strange enough, her genius seven-year-old sister will be attending her middle school, and is named the new math tutor. Then, when the Shakespeare Project is announced, Hamlet reveals herself to be an amazing actress. Even though she wants to be average, Hamlet can no longer hide from the fact that she- like her family - is anything but ordinary.
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November 26, 2010
Hamlet Kennedy is an eighth grader and wants what every eighth grader wants, a normal year. This is not going to happen. First of all her seven year old sister is going to school with her half a day . Hamlet gets to show her around. Then there are Hamlet’s parents. They live the Renaissance Faire life every day. Hamlet doesn’t think anything can get any worse, but it does. Her English and History teacher have joined together in a :Salute to Shakespeare” unit. Someone is leaving her small origami pigs and she can’t figure out who it is. Her best friend Ty is afraid he will lose her friendship because she seems to be bugging out all the time. How do you teach your genius sister, who must now tutor you at school in algebra the social skills needed to survive middle school. It is funny, I didn’t really think I would like this book but figured out from the first page I just couldn’t put it down. This is one I really enjoyed.
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August 1, 2012
I downloaded this book on my kindle fire and I love it.
Isabelle Bloomhuff
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March 7, 2016
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About the author
Erin Dionne is an assistant professor of liberal arts at a small college north of Boston, where she teaches freshman comp, lit classes, and some creative writing electives. When not actively promoting her writing with great humor and enthusiastic understanding of the magic and miseries of middle school, Erin reminisces about her days in high school and college marching band. She lives with her husband and daughter in Framingham, Massachusetts.
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