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In the room beneath a stage's trapdoor, Shakespeare's dead teenage girls - Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and others - compare their experiences and retell the stories of their lives in their own terms.. Enter the Body gives voice to a cast of the young women who die in Shakespeare's plays. Focusing on the stories of Juliet, Ophelia, and Cordelia, bestselling author of Blood Water Paint Joy McCullough brilliantly weaves retellings of Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, and King Lear into a larger story about how young women can support each other and reclaim their stories in the aftermath of trauma.
About the Author
Joy McCullough is an award-winning and NYT-bestselling author of books for kids and teens. Her YA novel Blood Water Paint won the Washington State Book Award and was long-listed for the National Book Award. Her picture book Champ & Major: First Dogs was a New York Times Bestseller. She is also a playwright, and lives with her family in the Seattle area.
