That Way Madness Lies

Blurb

Fifteen acclaimed YA writers put a modern spin on Shakespeare's celebrated classics—"From comedy to tragedy to sonnet, from texts to storms to prom, this collection is a knockout" ( BuzzFeed, Best Book of the Year). A Bank Street Best Young Adult Book of the Year A BookPage Most Anticipated Book of the Year West Side Story. 10 Things I Hate About You. Kiss Me, Kate. Contemporary audiences have always craved re-imaginings of Shakespeare's most beloved works. Now, some of today's best writers for teens take on the Bard in these fifteen whip-smart and original retellings! Contributors include Dahlia Adler (reimagining The Merchant of Venice ), Kayla Ancrum ( The Taming of the Shrew ), Lily Anderson ( All's Well That Ends Well ), Melissa Bashardoust ( A Winter's Tale ), Patrice Caldwell ( Hamlet ), A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy ( Much Ado About Nothing ), Brittany Cavallaro ( Sonnet 147 ), Joy McCullough ( King Lear ), Anna-Marie McLemore ( Midsummer Night's Dream ), Samantha Mabry ( Macbeth ), Tochi Onyebuchi ( Coriolanus ), Mark Oshiro ( Twelfth Night ), Lindsay Smith ( Julius Caesar ), Kiersten White ( Romeo and Juliet ), and Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka ( The Tempest ). "Queer and diverse, this Shakespeare anthology takes 15 of the Bard's most iconic works and builds an eclectic collection that successfully subverts the original white heteronormative canon. . . . Built-in curriculum potential and excellent representation mean school libraries in particular will find this anthology a worthy purchase." — School Library Journal "A spectacular, spellbinding Shakespearean collection that you will fall deeply in love with. Each tale is a gem in the glittering crown of this anthology, which is one of the best I've ever read." — The Nerd Daily