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The playmaker

J. B. Cheaney

2000307 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2000
first published
  • 2000Knopf · 307 pages · ENGISBN 9780375805776
  • 2002Dell Yearling · 307 pages · ENGISBN 9780440417101

While working as an apprentice in a London theater company in 1597, fourteen-year-old Richard uncovers a mystery involving the disappearance of his father and a traitorous plot to overthrow Queen Elizabeth.

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AtmosphereWhimsical

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

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Written forMiddle grade

When and where

ThemesJustice
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