Speak Easy, Speak Love
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Six teenagers' lives intertwine during one thrilling summer full of romantic misunderstandings and dangerous deals in this sparkling retelling of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
After she gets kicked out of boarding school, seventeen-year-old Beatrice goes to her uncle's estate on Long Island. But Hey Nonny Nonny is more than just a rundown old mansion. Beatrice's cousin, Hero, runs a struggling speakeasy out of the basement—one that might not survive the summer.
Along with Prince, a poor young man determined to prove his worth; his brother, John, a dark and dangerous agent of the local mob; Benedick, a handsome trust-fund kid trying to become a writer; and Maggie, a beautiful and talented singer; Beatrice and Hero throw all their efforts into planning a massive party to save the speakeasy. Despite all their worries, the summer is beautiful, love is in the air, and Beatrice and Benedick are caught up in a romantic battle of wits that their friends might be quietly orchestrating in the background.
Hilariously clever and utterly charming, McKelle George's debut novel is full of intrigue and 1920s charm. For fans of Jenny Han, Stephanie Perkins, and Anna Godbersen.
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McKelle George. (2017). Speak Easy, Speak Love. HarperCollins.
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McKelle George hated reading Shakespeare in high school. But then she spent a summer abroad seeing productions at Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe in London. She fell in love with all the different ways the same play could be interpreted. She now lives in Salt Lake City, where she mentors young writers with Salt Lake Teens Write and works as an editor and reference librarian. Speak Easy, Speak Love is her first novel. www.mckellegeorge.com
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Six teenagers' lives intertwine during one thrilling summer full of romantic misunderstandings and dangerous deals in this sparkling retelling of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
After she gets kicked out of boarding school, seventeen-year-old Beatrice goes to her uncle's estate on Long Island. But Hey Nonny Nonny is more than just a rundown old mansion. Beatrice's cousin, Hero, runs a struggling speakeasy out of the basement—one that might not survive the summer.
Along with Prince, a poor young man determined to prove his worth; his brother, John, a dark and dangerous agent of the local mob; Benedick, a handsome trust-fund kid trying to become a writer; and Maggie, a beautiful and talented singer; Beatrice and Hero throw all their efforts into planning a massive party to save the speakeasy. Despite all their worries, the summer is beautiful, love is in the air, and Beatrice and Benedick are caught up in a romantic battle of wits that their friends might be quietly orchestrating in the background.
Hilariously clever and utterly charming, McKelle George's debut novel is full of intrigue and 1920s charm. For fans of Jenny Han, Stephanie Perkins, and Anna Godbersen.
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- source: Mackenzi Lee, author of the New York Times–bestselling The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
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"Speak Easy, Speak Love is a book nerd's dream. With the vivid hedonism of the 1920s, a cast of exquisitely drawn characters (with snappy chemistry, and sexual tension that makes you want to smash their faces together), and wit to rival Will himself...loving, fresh, and unputdownable." — Mackenzi Lee, author of the New York Times–bestselling The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
"Deliciously enjoyable...This is sure to delight fans of Anna Godberson's Bright Young Things and Shakespeare's writings alike, leaving a taste for much more of the Roaring Twenties and much more from George." — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
"The vibrant, dangerous atmosphere of a Roaring Twenties speakeasy is clever setting for this debut, a reimagining of Much Ado about Nothing. ...for fans of an enemies-to-lovers romance, this biting comedy is always a classic." — Booklist
"George adeptly captures Shakespeare's witty characters and transplants them to the 1920s . . . and cleverly incorporates all the romantic misunderstandings among the well-rounded characters. The time period is accurately portrayed...this retelling is witty and clever." — School Library Journal
"Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing bears up uncannily well . . . readers will be fully immersed in the excitement, glamour, and danger of a culture tipping into rebellion and making way for change in more ways than one." — Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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July 15, 2017
In this 1920s-era retelling of Much Ado About Nothing, young Benedick Scott has decided once and for all to leave Stony Creek Academy, defying his father, to pursue his dream to be a writer. While making one last climb out of his dorm room window, he is discovered and then joined by his aristocratic, British classmate, Claude, who decides to latch on to Benedick's adventure. Then there's Beatrice, who's kicked out of a home for wayward girls and picked up by her cousin, Hero, who drives her to her uncle Leo's estate on Long Island. Beatrice quickly learns that Uncle Leo's mansion doubles as the Hey Nonny Nonny speak-easy by night, run by Hero and her merry band of teens. Also living at Hey Nonny Nonny is Maggie, the black singer whose voice draws the upper-crust crowd the speak-easy needs to stay in business. (The other principals are white.) Naturally, romance blossoms between Beatrice and Benedick, with the help of a few friends. This 400-plus-page retelling will likely disappoint readers who haven't encountered the original. As a stand-alone plot, it loses steam over its length, and placing teenage characters in the very adult positions of running a speak-easy and acquiring illegal booze stretches credulity. The characters feel out of place and never fully come to life in this 1920s time period. Ambitious but a miss. (Historical fiction. 14-18)COPYRIGHT(2017) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Beatrice longs to study medicine; Benedick imagines himself a writer. Hero wants to protect her father, and Claude just wants Hero. Shakespeare fans will recognize these characters from �cf2]Much Ado About Nothing�cf1], but George sets their romantic frustrations amid a foundering speakeasy. A carefully crafted retelling dedicated to both capturing the nuances of Shakespeare's play and creating an accurate Prohibition-era setting. Author's note. Bib.(Copyright 2018 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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After she gets kicked out of boarding school, seventeen-year-old Beatrice goes to her uncle's estate on Long Island. But Hey Nonny Nonny is more than just a rundown old mansion. Beatrice's cousin, Hero, runs a struggling speakeasy out of the basement—one that might not survive the summer.
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