A modern retelling of A Midsummer Night's Dream, this story of a 15-year-old American girl's experience studying abroad in the Irish countryside borrows elements from Irish folklore and escapist-fantasy fiction. Adjustment to life with an Irish family is hard at first, but she forges a bond with her new school friends when, late one night, they slip out into the surrounding woods and revel with fairy-like creatures at a magical wedding party. Real settings in Ireland provide the backdrop for the story, and the Shakespearean storyline serves well to depict an adolescent's breakthrough from outsider status to membership in an enchanted society.
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"Has the brat-pack appeal of movies of the 1980s such as Pretty in Pink or Sixteen Candles, and should entertain its intended audience." —Borrowers and Lenders, The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation
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Bridget O'Dwyer is a high-school senior who won the 2004 Fresh Writers Competition for this story inspired by a year spent in Ireland. She lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
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A very well researched story,
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This review is from: Celtic Night: A Fifteen-Year-Old Girl's Modern Retelling of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Paperback)
This is a wonderful book - such a lovely refreshing look at modern day small-town Ireland. It is a must read for any young adult with an interest in Ireland. I highly recommend it. Congratulations Bridget, I wait in anticipation for your next one!
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"I can't be here anymore," I said to my parents during breakfast on a Saturday morning in October. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Dwyer, Devil's Bit, Childers Park, Well Sarah, Miss Calloway, Miss Mulroney, Hello Sarah, Liam Carroll, The Puck, Albert Mooney, Christian Brothers, Grafton Street, How's Ireland, Instant Messenger, Principal Mulroney, Stephen's Green, County Tipperary New!
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"I can't be here anymore," I said to my parents during breakfast on a Saturday morning in October. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Dwyer, Devil's Bit, Childers Park, Well Sarah, Miss Calloway, Miss Mulroney, Hello Sarah, Liam Carroll, The Puck, Albert Mooney, Christian Brothers, Grafton Street, How's Ireland, Instant Messenger, Principal Mulroney, Stephen's Green, County Tipperary New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- A Midsummer Nights Dream (New Folger Library Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare in Front Matter, and page 161
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