[Michlib-l] [EXTERNAL] Young adult book stumper

[Emma Clemons]

This has the N named main character and Elizabeth aspects so maybe this one?


Emma Clemons
Southfield Public Library
Youth Dept Intern
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Subject: [EXTERNAL][Michlib-l] Young adult book stumper

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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