10 great YA novels inspired by Shakespeare
Erin Balser | CBC | Posted: August 30, 2017 3:02 PM | Last Updated: August 30, 2017
Whether you take a classic approach to your Shakespeare, swooning over Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream, or prefer the more complex works like The Winter's Tale, this list will steal your heart, call out to you from a balcony and keep you flipping the pages.
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- Exit, Pursued By A Bear by E.K. Johnston
- Anatomy of a Girl Gang by Ashley Little
- Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
- Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
- The Taming by Teresa Toten & Eric Walters
- Babe in Boyland by Jody Gehrman
- Kill Shakespeare Volume 1 by Conor McCreery, Anthony Del Col and Andy Belanger
- Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay
- Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray
- YOLO Juliet By William Shakespeare and Brett Wright