[Michlib-l] Young adult book stumper

[Colleen Kingsbury]

Hello all,

I could use a little help from the librarian hive mind! A patron approached
me with a book stumper yesterday, and I've had no luck searching on my own.
She is looking for a book she checked out from her high school library (so
we're looking at a 2011 or earlier publication date) about a boy who works
as a spy and joins Shakespeare's play company. It was historical & spy
fiction without any magical elements, and she remembers a section at the
back of the book with spy codes. She insists this book was *not *from Gary
Blackwood's *Shakespeare Stealer *series.

Some other details she believes she remembers:

   - The book had a red cover, and prominently featured the protagonist
   (potentially holding a sword) -- she described the cover as having a very
   quintessentially 2000s design.
   - She believes the main character was an orphan, and his name *may *have
   started with an N.
   - The story takes place in London and Queen Elizabeth plays into the
   plot somehow.

I appreciate any potential leads, and thank you for your time!
-- 

*Colleen Kingsbury*

Teen Services Librarian, Plymouth District Library

223 S Main Street | Plymouth, MI 48170

734-453-0750 ext. 271 | plymouthlibrary.org
<http://%20www.plymouthlibrary.org/>
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