Slings and Arrows

ALA 2008 Quick Picks for
Reluctant Young Adult Readers

Students who have slogged through Hamlet will enjoy this witty, modern retelling of the old story through Horatio's point of view . . . . This book is good fun and might make an excellent reward for those who score 'A's on their Hamlet tests.

Kliatt Magazine

Gratz is cornering the niche market of novels containing dissimilar topics. Here he combines Hamlet and hardboiled detective pulp . . . .
[T]his well-crafted mystery has appeal for readers familiar with both Raymond Chandler's novels and Shakespeare's masterpiece.

Kirkus Reviews

Dial Books
October 2007
Ages 14 and up

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The snappy patter and friendship-centered drama make this readable in its own right . . .

The Bulletin of the Center
for Children's Books

GIVE THIS TO TEENS. I know you are always looking for good mysteries for them. We always are. This really is the best teen mystery I've read in, well, I don't remember the last really good teen mystery.

Jackie Parker, Interactive Reader

Fun to listen to as a whodunit, the novel also offers an ecology lesson and is an intriguing way to study the elements of the Elizabethan original.

School Library Journal (Audio Book Review)

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