Cover of Killing Shakespeare by Koom Kankesan. The cover is a blue stylized version of the classic portrati of Shakespeare, with red Xs over the eyes.

Killing Shakespeare by Koom Kankesan

In this wild young adult (YA) novel, three Scarborough, Ontario-based 21st century teenagers give new meaning to “a midsummer night’s dream.” Off they jet through time to Elizabethan England with a mission to knockoff the legacy of the English language’s greatest hits writer. Why? To make Grade Eleven a little bit easier, but boy are they in for a surprise. Will isn’t the nasty they imagine, and the1590s are a lot more fun – and weird – than they thought.