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Dear Mrs. Miller: I just checked on my wiki which I had edited a few days ago, and in my "sixth grade part" the was gone. I just tried to put it in, but it disappeared once I saved it. I just want you to know that **I know it is there and that I tried to change it**!



__Shakespeare's Secret__ is a wonderful, modern mystery, incorporating history, that readers of all ages will enjoy. Hero Netherfield, a sixth grade, has just moved to a new home town where she sticks out like a sore thumb. However, she meets an elderly lady, Mrs. Roth, who becomes her closest friend. She tells Hero of the mysterious Murphy diamond from the Shakespearean age, thought to be hidden somewhere in Hero's new home. Hero is then thrown into this thrilling mystery adventure where many unexpected things occur, like the most popular and cutest 8th grade boy, Danny Cordova, becoming her friend. The book __Shakespeare's Secret__ will captivate all of its readers!





I rate __Shakespeare's Secret__ 9.6 because I loved how it was a intruiging mystery. The book also incorporated some really interesting history that I had never known before. Meanwhile the book had a wonderful plot and characters.
 * 9.6: Natalie Bruno**



It was a good mystery that incorporated history, however, I believe it could have been a bit more suspensful.
 * 8.8: Bethany Bruno**



It was a real pageturner, a must-read. I like how it was smart; it was a smart book.
 * 8.5: Mrs. LaMontane**





Junior Library Guild Selection Edgar Nominee, Best Juvenile Mystery ALA Notable Book NCTE Notable Book in the Language Arts IRA Teacher's Choice Booksense Summer Pick
 * ONE OF NEXT YEAR'S VIRGINIA YOUNG READER'S CHOICES***



History Related ~Click [|here] to get to a website all about Edward de Vere ~Click [|here] to get to a website all about WIlliam Shakespeare ~Click [|here] to get to a website all about Anne Boleyn ~Click [|here] to get to a website all about Queen Elizabeth I

These links have been placed here because in the book these people are told about in history. Also, they have to do with the necklace in the book.

Art Related ~Click [|here] to get to a website that contains all of Shakespeare's plays including __Much Ado About Nothing*__ ~Click [|here] to get to a website all about the Hope Diamond, another jewel with a story behind it^ ~Click [|here] to get to a website all about how diamonds are formed and such#

^This link is here because the Hope Diamond is a huge diamond, like the Murphy Diamond. Also it has an interesting past that you can learn about by clicking of the link.
 * This link has been placed here because in the book, Hero is named after a character in one of Shakespeare's plays: __Much Ado About Nothing__, and also Shakespeare's plays are mentioned in the book.
 * 1) This link is here to tell you more about diamonds, and how they are formed. This relates to the Murphy Diamond to show how it "was formed".

The Author ~Click [|here] to get to Elise Broach's official website

Elise Broach is the author of Shakespeare's Secret, the reason why the link is here.



The new cover (top of page, right) is a picture of "Hero" looking the necklace and the empty pendant. The picture was chosen because in the book Hero looks at the necklace and the pendant, though not through a magnifying glass. I put the magnifying glass there because it enhances and acts as a sybol for the idea that she is looking for the diamond. Meanwhile, the crest of Anne Boleyn is at the top of the cover, which is used all throughout the book!