[Michlib-l] Young adult book stumper

[Toni Lea Isom]

NICE!!

Also: who knew this was such a hot subject in early 2000s kidlit???

*Toni Lea Isom (they/them/theirs)*
Youth Services Librarian Assistant
Adrian District Library
143 East Maumee Street
Adrian MI 49221
tisom at adrian.lib.mi.us


On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 11:56 AM Colleen Kingsbury via Michlib-l <
michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:

> I believe an answer has been found, thank you friends! Shoutout to Kate at
> Brighton, Cathy at Highland, and Theresa at West Bloomfield for all sending Dangerous
> Times by L. Britney
> <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1039864.Dangerous_Times> along.
>
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 11:22 AM Colleen Kingsbury <
> ckingsbury at plymouthlibrary.org> wrote:
>
>> 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/>
>>
>
>
> --
>
> *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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