"Beatrice Shakespeare Smith (aka Bertie, aka (3z(Bthe self-appointed Queen of Improvisation(3y) (Bmakes use of her creative skills to remain in her adoptive home, the magical Théâtre Illuminata. The characters from every play ever written are eternally bound to this particular stage by (3z(BThe Book,(3y (Bwhich contains all the scripts; Bertie's companions include Ariel from The Tempest, Hamlet's Ophelia and a smattering of fairies, among others. After a destructive incident involving a cannon, Bertie must prove that her contributions as an ordinary 17-year-old girl are (3z(Bunique and valuable(3y (Bor be cast out. But the theater is thrown into disarray when Ariel steals (3z(BThe Book,(3y (Bwhile Bertie's desire intensifies to uncover the truth about how she came to the theater." --From the publisher.

2018-10