THE 21ST CENTURY SHAKESPEARE 2.0 by Branden Wang

Sigh. It is another dull dreadful day, full of boredom. Why Shakespeare, that man who wrote only of lovey-dovey plays, jaded plays. Bad Unicorn; Bad Unicorn, what kind of name is that? The book has something special in it, an extra pizazz that makes it bulge in the crowd. It MUST be a mandatory read. Why?

First order of business, what is the book about? The novel is about three comrades and a dwarf who gets time traveled to the future because of a codex named the Codex of Infinite Knowability. Perplexed, the comrades struggle to survive through numerous hardships. Saved by two Frobbits, one named Yah Yah, one of the comrades finds out his name in Frobbit language means: an itchy butt. They soon begin fighting (for their precious lives) three robots and a crazy cyborg unicorn named Princess who has been trying to find the comrades for centuries; therefore she can have her human buffet in Texas, which has three courses. Human steak, human soup, and human ice cream. After defeating Princess, the comrades find a dragon that would send them back to their time on one condition - the four adventurers must kill a sinister and devious wizard named Rezormore Dreadbringer. The heroes agree to the dragon’s conditions and are sent back in time, not knowing if they will return to their actual time.

One reason why this book should be a mandatory read - it flickers on the imagination. Many teachers want the best for their students. By reading the book, the teachers will help children use their imagination. In a survey of 858 teachers, 80% say they teach because they like to work with children, and 75% say they teach because they want to make a change. They would change the following industries by using the novel: cooking, architectural, and writing, because those industries need people with great imaginations. Plus, thousands of entrepreneurs will spring from the ground like a dandelion’s seeds being planted into the earth.

Another reason this book should be a mandatory read because it has enough laughter and seriousness. It cannot have too much laughter because the students would talk about the funny parts in the story and then they would laugh disrupting the class. If the class keeps being interrupted, then the students would not be able to learn their needed lessons. The seriousness balances the laughter.

The final reason is that reading the book might urge stubborn children who have sworn to never read, to read once again. If the book is 4.5 stars, would you read it? I would, like many other kids because if the book is 4.5 stars many people would want to read it. The book makes stubborn students read again because the book would make the students absolutely dazzled by its superiority making them want to read more books like that.

The book is worthy of being a mandatory read. Talk to the chancellor. Explain the reasons. The book can improve the world, it balances the laughter and the seriousness, and it makes pupils want to read. One wouldn’t want to read Shakespeare over and over again. Would you?