A review by sonshinelibrarian
Fakespeare: Something Stinks in Hamlet by Daniel Jennewein, M.E. Castle

3.0

This reminded me of the premise of Scieszka's Time Warp Trio series, except here the kids get sucked into a work of literature (Hamlet, obviously). It's a fun read with some cute illustrations. I really liked the full spread pages from Kyle and Becca's comic book. The key word in the title is "Fakespeare" as the plot they fall into isn't exactly the plot you might remember. Hamlet and Ophelia are younger, Claudius is a despot, and well, spoiler

they unveil Claudius' intention to take the throne and Hamlet is crowned king.

But I certainly wasn't expecting the ending to be the same as the play because a middle grade book ending with everyone's deaths would be ... unusual. I might pick up the companion book about Becca's journey into Romeo and Juliet.