Shakespeare has always hated his name. His parents bestowed it on him as some kind of sick joke when he was born, and since then his life has been one embarrassing incident after another. But Shakespeare will have the last laugh. He is chronicling every mortifying detail in his memoir, the writing project each senior at his high school must complete. And he is doing brilliantly. For as much as he hates his name, Shakespeare is a good writer. And just maybe a prize winning memoir will bring him respect, admiration, and a girlfriend... or at least a prom date. In his debut novel, Jake Wizner takes a humorous look at one popularity-challenged boy's journey to self-respect and sexual fulfillment.
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Spanking Shakespeare
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| Author | Jake Wizner |
| Illustrator | - No Illustrator |
| Publisher | Random House, 2007 |
| Genres | Emotions / Feelings • Family & Friends • Humorous • Lessons / Behavior |
| Age Range | 6th through 9th • High School |
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Entertaining - but....
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Spanking Shakespeare was definitely an interesting story and very entertaining from an adult perspective. BUT I am torn on how to rate this as a mom recommending it to teen readers.I think that this was an extremely realistic portrayal of a 17 year old boy and the things that go on in his day to day teenage life. He is a very smart kid - but he is also a gross, perverted, hormones-bursting-out-of-the-seams, teenager. This book has drugs, masturbation, and lots of vulgar language. But did I think it was not worth reading? No, not at all. As a matter of fact, I think that if you have a mature teen reader they could get a lot out of this story. The character is normal. He's a geek, he doesn't play sports, he is afraid of girls, he thinks about girls all the time; he is just a normal teenager and you can really relate to him. But he takes the talents he does have and uses them to his advantage in his life and he loves his family even though he thinks they are insane. Also, several times when I was reading this story I thought to myself that this would be a great book for teenage girls to read. I think it could really give them some insight to how a teen boy thinks - the good things, and the bad things - to help them understand the way they act a little better. It was good story, and very funny (I laughed out loud more than a few times) - but it might be a little too wild for some of you out there and I would only recommend it to anyone under 15 if they were very, very mature. |
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Reviewed by Mamma B
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