Hero Netherfield is the new girl in sixth grade, and she’s been in that situation many times before. So she knows what to expect, and she expects not to fit in and not to like it. She’s also not much interested in Shakespeare, even though her literary parents named her after a character in Much Ado About Nothing.

But Shakespeare, and Queen Elizabeth, not to mention Edward de Vere and Anne Boleyn, keep intruding into Hero’s life as she tries, with the help of an elderly neighbor and an older boy named Danny, to sort out her place in her family and in school. Here’s yet another “literary mystery” written for young adults and older children, but in this one the main character is a normal, not-so-literary young lady who becomes interested in literature by way of a treasure hunt for some mysterious jewels.

If the title puts some kids off, the plot should draw them in if they give it a chance. I enjoyed it.