Shakespeare's Secret

by: Elise Broach 4444

Hero just moved into a new house (again). It’s the day before school and Hero isn’t exactly excited. Hero is named after Hero in “Much Ado about nothing,” a story by William Shakespeare. Hero parents are experts on Shakespeare. His sister’s name is Beatrice. Her name is from “Much Ado about nothing” too. Sometimes she and her sister think that Hero was adopted. Beatrice is tall, with long reddish wavy hair. She is tall and pretty and had lots of friends. Hero on the other hand, is small and dark, and often has a worried look on his face.

Hero was never interested in Beatrice's connections to Shakespeare, but suddenly, all her connections seem to have a meaning with her life in her new home. For one thing, there is a million-dollar diamond hidden somewhere in her house (or so she’s been told), then there’s Danny Cordova, an 8th grader who happens to be the most popular kid in school, who wants to help her find the diamond in her house, and last the curious old woman who lives next door, who seems to know as much about Shakespeare as her parents. Is it all in keeping with her Shakespearean name? Hero, being Hero is determined to find out.

I liked this book, because I love mysteries and things that are totally unexpected. I also like how the person who isn’t liked as much, becomes the hero or in this case “Hero.”

Ridley R.