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A review by novelesque_life
New Boy by Tracy Chevalier
3.0
RATING: 3 STARS
(Review Not on Blog)
I am intrigued with the Hogarth Shakespeare series...they have chosen amazing authors to take one of Shakespeare's tale and make it there own. I am a fan of Tracy Chevalier's writing so I was happy to plunge into this one. This story is set in the 1970s with preteens. The new boy in school is black and he falls for the popular pretty white girl. One of their classmates cannot see the pair's budding friendship/romance so he decides to break them apart using the schoolyard. I liked Chevalier's writing, as always, but I I didn't find some parts realistic. It is a fair retelling of Othello.
(Review Not on Blog)
I am intrigued with the Hogarth Shakespeare series...they have chosen amazing authors to take one of Shakespeare's tale and make it there own. I am a fan of Tracy Chevalier's writing so I was happy to plunge into this one. This story is set in the 1970s with preteens. The new boy in school is black and he falls for the popular pretty white girl. One of their classmates cannot see the pair's budding friendship/romance so he decides to break them apart using the schoolyard. I liked Chevalier's writing, as always, but I I didn't find some parts realistic. It is a fair retelling of Othello.