description: Fourteen-year-old Widge has very little going for him but he can write shorthand, a valuable asset to the man who wants to steal Shakespeare's play Hamlet. However, when Widge arrives in London with Falconer and joins the Shakespeare players, he forgets his task. How can he betray them now?
language: English
title: Shakespeare Stealer
titlecomplete: Shakespeare Stealer
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Mystery, British Literature, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 6872
places: United Kingdom
series: The Shakespeare Stealer
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd