With a foreword by Faridah b k - y m d , author of Ace of Spades Something is rotten in the state of Denmark The King of Denmark is dead. When Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, meets the King s ghost and discovers he was murdered, he swears vengeance against the killer: his father s brother, Claudius, who has married Hamlet s mother and taken the throne. Furious at this betrayal, Hamlet devises a complex plot to reveal the truth and enact his revenge. But Claudius has a devious plan of his own. Together, they will bring devastation to the entire court.Hamlet is Shakespeare s timeless story of grief and a revenge so unrelenting that by curtain s close, all the major players are dead.Discover STAGED, a limited collection of Shakespeare s unabridged plays that celebrates the genius of the Bard and the tropes that continue to delight YA readers to this day.Explore the rest of the STAGED collection:As You Like It With a foreword by Talia HibbertMacbeth With a foreword by Kat DelacorteA Midsummer Night s Dream With a foreword by Becky AlbertalliMuch Ado About Nothing With a foreword by Holly BourneRomeo and Juliet With a foreword by Jennifer Niven