Spanking Shakespeare
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SHAKESPEARE SHAPIRO HAS ALWAYS hated his name. His parents bestowed it on him as some kind of sick joke when he was born, and his life has gone downhill from there, one embarrassing incident after another. Entering his senior year of high school, Shakespeare has never had a girlfriend, his younger brother is cooler than he is, and his best friend's favorite topic of conversation is his bowel movements.But Shakespeare will have the last laugh. He is chronicling every mortifying detail in his memoir, the writing project each senior at Shakespeare's high school must complete. And he is doing it brilliantly. And, just maybe, a prize-winning memoir will bring him respect, admiration, and a girlfriend . . . or at least a prom date.From the Hardcover edition.
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When I found out that my 8th grade teacher wrote the book, I had to read it! This book was actually funny; its about a low-self esteemed pessimistic[in my opinion] boy named Shakespeare Shapiro who deals with many problems like getting a girlfriend, being popular and dealing with raging male hormones that he freely expresses throughout the book. He is ridiculed by his name that his crazy parents named him, embarrased by the fact that his little brother is way more popular than him, and has two weird friends, one who talks about bowel movements all day[EW] and another who just likes talking about how Shakespeare and Neil are pathetic. The book is written in a memoir/novel form from the point of view of Shakespeare and it is a really funny to look in the point of view of a 17 year old boy who worries about girls,college and life in general. Good job jake!
