Ten of Shakespeare's best-known stories are retold . with a twist! Hamlet - ten bodies litter the stage. Horatio is number one suspect . but is it an open-and-shut case? A Midsummer Night's Dream - strange things are happening in the woods. Puck mucks things up and Bottom makes an ass of himself. Puck reveals all. King Lear - eye-gourging, stabbing and poisoning . act out the play yourself - it's a laugh a minute! You've never read them like this before .
Terry Deary writes both fiction and non-fiction. The Fire Thief was his 150th book published in the UK, this was followed by Flight of the Fire Thief and The Fire Thief Fights Back. Terry's books have been translated into 28 languages. His Horrible Histories series has sold 20 million copies worldwide. Terry has won numerous awards, including Blue Peter's Best Non-fiction Author of the Century.





