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Violence
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No violence
Language
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No profanity
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
The protagonist is grieving a parent's suicide; handled gently
What this book is about
Nat Field, a talented teenage actor in a modern theater company, falls ill and wakes up in 1599 London, where he takes the place of a boy actor named Nat Field performing at the original Globe Theatre — and meets William Shakespeare himself. Cooper's short, warm novel blends time travel with authentic Elizabethan theatrical detail and a meditation on the healing power of performance.
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A parental suicide mentioned in backstory
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