The Shakespeare Stealer (Spoilers! Duh!)

The Shakespeare Stealer
By: Gary Blackwood

Summary: Widge is an orphaned child who is the apprentice of Dr. Bright. One day a strange man came to Dr. Bright's door and payed money for Widge. This strange man, Falconer, who was a worker of Simon Bass, orders Widge to steal the play Hamlet from Shakespeare. Widge now has no choice but to follow his orders. But when Widge is caught while attempting to steal the play, instead of reporting him to the police or worse, the theater members take him in as a part of the family. Now Widge is in a predicament, now he had an even greater chance to steal the play Hamlet, should he steal it? or should he stay with the kind people from the theater that made him their family?

1. friendship, trust

2. Friends and family is greater than wealth and fame.

3.
Widge: kind, confused, clever

4. The most memorable part of the story was when even when Sanders learned about the original purpose of why Widge came to the theater, he still trusted him and believed that Widge had stopped trying to steal the play a long time back and that he truly did want to become one of the theater players.

5. The author is trying to tell you that family and friends are most important than other things. Widge realized that this was his only chance to have a family who treated him as an equal and so he risked his life to protect his family/friends.

6. I would rate this book a 10/10. I really enjoyed reading this book. It was very interesting to read and it was suspenseful as well. There was no major factors that lead to me disliking the book. It was well written and I liked the character development of Widge. At first, you wouldn't know what choice he would take.

7.
Beginning: Widge is sold to Simon Bass/Falconer


Climax: Widge is caught at the theater and joins them.


Ending: Widge becomes official part of the family and does not complete his task of stealing a play.