William's Midsummer Dreams

For Ages: 8 - 12

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From three-time Newbery Honor author Zilpha Keatley Snyder, “an adventure story with a lot to say about identity, ambition, and character” (Kirkus Reviews).

After a year living with Aunt Fiona, William is off to audition for the role of Puck in a summer production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. But getting the part is just the beginning. Now William has to deal with a jealous rival out to sabotage him, a not-so-secret admirer, and the way the Baggetts still haunt him in nightmares. William’s summer is filled with acting and costumes and applause, but he still worries sometimes that he and his younger siblings will never be able to shake off the past. But when the Baggetts show up again, William realizes that he is braver than he thought, and that all will turn out okay.

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Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
240 pages |
ISBN 9781442419988 |
June 2012 |
Grades 3 - 7

$6.99 List Price

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“A fun read that will appeal to stagestruck readers.”

– School Library Journal

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“A fun read that will appeal to stagestruck readers.”

– School Library Journal
“An adventure story with a lot to say about identity, ambition and character.”

– Kirkus Reviews

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CHAPTER
1

It was on a Saturday near the end of September when the doorbell at 971 Eleanor Street rang long and loud, and then rang again. As William hurried to answer it, a sudden memory caused a shiver to slither up the back of his neck—a sneaky reminder of the time when that same doorbell’s impatient ringing turned out to be the first act in a true-to-life tragedy with a cast of three big, angry Baggetts—Big Ed Baggett and two of William’s enormous half brothers. Three of the people who had helped to make William’s life and the lives of his younger brother and sisters miserable, right up until the... see more