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- "At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard's most tragic heroines.
- 336 Pages
- Young Adult Fiction, Girls & Women
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"At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard's most tragic heroines. More than a tribute to Shakespeare, this kaleidoscopic, ambitious novel-in-verse gives Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and Lavinia the chance to tell their own stories full of passion, justice, sisterhood, and love. Simply spectacular."--Michael L. Printz Award winner Laura Ruby, author of Bone Gap In the room beneath a stage's trapdoor, Shakespeare's dead teenage girls compare their experiences and retell the stories of their lives, their loves, and their fates in their own words. Bestselling author Joy McCullough offers a brilliant testament to how young women can support each other and reclaim their stories in the aftermath of trauma.Review Quotes
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A BCCB Best Book of the Year
A Rise Feminist Book Project Title "At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard's most tragic heroines. More than a tribute to Shakespeare, this kaleidoscopic, ambitious novel-in-verse gives Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and Lavinia the chance to tell their own stories full of passion, justice, sisterhood, and love. Simply spectacular."--Two-Time National Book Award Finalist and Michael L. Printz Award Winner Laura Ruby, author of Bone Gap "Radically creative... This provocative book could inspire all kinds of fresh approaches to the plays, not to mention lots of engaging writing projects for students."--Washington Post
★ "Body turns Shakespeare on his head while honoring h"a radically creative book for young adults who are familiar with Shakespeare's plays. McCullough resurrects the dead teenage girls Ophelia, Cordelia and Juliet and lets them speak in verse and to each other about their fates. (Lavinia from "Titus Andronicus" serves as a silent witness.) This provocative book could inspire all kinds of fresh approaches to the plays, not to mention lots of engaging writing projects for students. is talent as the girls retells their stories on their own terms.... Truly outstanding."--Booklist, starred review ★ "By innovatively mining feminist themes of autonomy, exploitation, and patriarchy, McCullough boldly reconceptualizes Shakespeare's version of the female point of view for a new generation of Bard enthusiasts."--The Horn Book, starred review ★ "Form as a mode of personal expression is conscious, deliberate, and stunningly effective here and elevates this novel above and beyond many run-of-the-mill Shakespeare retellings to a carefully constructed and emotionally resonant consideration of tragedy and autonomy.... This will be a revelation for teens seeking to claim their own narrative as a distinct and whole person outside of adult or societal input."--BCCB, starred review
★ "A strong, powerful look at the bonds women share and the power telling stories has to unburden us all."--SLC, starred review ★ "This entrancing, fiercely feminist examination of William Shakespeare's tragedies gives his female characters the opportunity to tell their own stories."--Shelf Awareness, starred review ★ "Elevates and reenergizes the canon; it's an absolute must-read regardless of readers' knowledge or opinion of Shakespeare."--SLJ, starred review
About the Author
Joy McCullough writes books and plays from her home in the Seattle area, where she lives with her family. She studied theater at Northwestern University, fell in love with her husband atop a Guatemalan volcano, and now spends her days surrounded by books and kids and chocolate. Her debut novel, Blood Water Paint, was longlisted for National Book Award and was a finalist for the William C. Morris Debut Award. She is also the author of We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire and the New York Times bestseller Champ and Major.Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.6 Inches (W) x 1.4 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 14 Years
Number of Pages: 336
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Sub-Genre: Girls & Women
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Joy McCullough
Language: English
Street Date: January 23, 2024
TCIN: 90648543
UPC: 9780593406779
Item Number (DPCI): 247-38-6859
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Feminist Shakespeare Retelling
4 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Raaven H - 2 years ago
This read like FanFiction and I loved it. Cordelia was my favorite and it probably was because I thought she read as being asexual. All of the girls have such tragic lives and you feel so bad for the way they had been written. All so young and forced to bare the world. I’ve always had a distaste for Romeo and Juliet and I find it funny nobody mentioned any age differences in this book, but I liked the rewrite for Juliet. I also thought it was really cute how modern the girls sounded when they were talking. It made it easier to follow. I would have fallen asleep if we had an entire Shakespearean language to get through. This was an interesting and unique feminist retelling of some famous plays I’m sure a lot of people can relate to. If you are familiar with Shakespeare or like his works in any way but also need some feminine rage I’m sure you’ll like this one. Thank you to Bookish First for this book!
Battling the Bard
4 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
ReadwithCassey - 2 years ago
I really enjoyed this book! Enter the Body is a re-imagining of some of Shakespeare's most famous female characters. We meet Juliet, Cordelia, Ophelia and Lavinia underneath the trapdoor after their deaths onstage, along with others. They each tell their own story and then converse about the what-ifs. What if they got to choose how the story ended? Would they find a happily ever after? Would there still be tragedy? What matters is that they would each have a choice in how their story played out. This novel is told in verse format, along with some screenplay like dialogue between our main characters. There's so much depth and connection that you can feel with this format. I especially loved Juliet's sections, mainly because that's the story I'm most familiar with, but there was so much wit and sass in her sections. I loved the creativity. While these stories are classics from Shakespeare for a reason, you can also see the injustices his female characters suffer, especially at the hands of others and misogyny in general. I definitely would recommend this to anyone who enjoys Shakespeare or retellings.
Interesting format
3 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
bostieslovebooks - 2 years ago
Enclosed in a room beneath a stage by a trapdoor, teenage girls from Shakespeare’s works tell their stories in their own words. ENTER THE BODY uses an interesting format which caught my attention and was what initially made me pick up the book. Narration alternates between the characters with each girl having a different style of poetry used to highlight her story. Dialogue between the characters is written as a play. I really enjoyed the girls telling their stories and though it’s been a very long time since I’ve read Shakespeare, I followed along quite well. Where the book began to fall apart for me was with the dialogue. Much of it consisted of bickering between characters which became rather annoying and I found myself rushing to get past it as it detracted from my overall enjoyment. Nonetheless, I’m glad that I read ENTER THE BODY. It gives an opportunity to think about Shakespeare’s female characters in a different way and also consider the consequences of one’s voice being stifled.
Soooo good
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
readergirlie - 2 years ago
I loved this book and it was not what I was expecting. The first preview made me interested and the book followed through. It was engaging and for a ya book I love that it dealt with and showed amazing strong women's. It gives me &Juliet and Six (the Tony nominated broadway shows) also but with so much to say. I loved seeing something such a big school subject be reigned for women now who often had to hear these female focused stories through a male lens. I loved seeing Shakespeare women take the lead and its the first time I have wanted to reread Shakespeare whose stories I love but cannot read for his writing style. I love stories where women take control of their own narratives and see stories we think we new so well added onto in ways that even further develop and help you see them in a new light. I loved Enter the Body and think its truly a special very unique book.