![]() ![]() While I personally wasn’t totally swept away, I believe this Macbeth fan-fiction would make a great introduction to Shakespeare for middle-school aged children. Each chapter opens with a line from the original play giving us a taste of Shakespeare’s rich, descriptive language. ![]() She scatters her own characters across the stage and builds her story all the while keeping the integrity of the play intact. With lots of action and drama, the author puts her own stamp on this YA retelling. Before She Was Helen No Such Person The Face on the Milk Carton Janie Face to Face The Grandmother Plot The Ransom of Mercy Carter Enter Three Witches. Then her father is exposed and executed as a traitor along with her betrothed and Mary’s life is changed forever.įriendless and on the very fringe of society, Mary is in a position to observe and when King Duncan is murdered and his two sons have fled, she knows that they were not responsible and that the real murderer is being given Duncan’s crown. ![]() ![]() Lady Mary is looking forward to a bright future, being betrothed to a handsome young man and soon to become mistress of her own castle. Enter Three Witches by Caroline Cooney is a retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth from the viewpoint of a young, fourteen year old Lady Mary, a ward of Lord and Lady Macbeth’s. ![]()
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