Hamlet is one of the wildest stories in human history. And it's about to be retold like it's never been told before.
A storm brews in the illustrious town of Elsinore, Massachusetts, and no one knows it yet.
Not Hamilton "Ham" Dane III, who's angry because his uncle has taken control of the family empire and started dating Ham's mother a mere month after the untimely death of Ham's billionaire father.
Not Harry Yeoh, who's desperately in love with his best friend but finding it more and more difficult to hide as dark secrets threaten to destroy their relationship.
Not Lia Polonio, who's struggling to find the balance between her feelings and the demands of her controlling father and older brother.
And certainly not Rosie Chan or Gil Stern, who think they've just landed the internship that will get them into Harvard, their dream school.
But all it will take is one mysterious message-a call for revenge from Ham's late father-for Elsinore to descend into chaos. And once the downward spiral begins, there's no guarantee that everyone will make it out alive.
A bold retelling of Hamlet for a modern audience, Allegra M. Walker's sophomore novel puts a fresh new spin on Shakespeare's classic story. Poignant, dramatic, and often darkly humorous, HamLIT is guaranteed to delight teens and young adults.
NOTE: This is a (rough, not fully edited) sample of the first few chapters! It's a completed and published novel, so if you're interested, you can find more here: https://books2read.com/HamLIT
"My mother named me Miracle, but I am anything but a miracle in her and our family's life. I am a mistake. I am a product of a heinous crime."
Miracle Astor was born after the rape of her mother. Aurora Astor was convinced by everyone in her family to have an abortion when she found out that her assault had resulted in a child, but much to everyone's shock, Aurora kept the child, and after a long and excruciating labor, on her last breath, she said the word Miracle, which became her daughter's name.
After Aurora died giving birth to her daughter, little Miracle was left under the care of her brothers, all of whom blamed her for the tragedy that happened to their mother. But in order to protect the reputation of their late mother and their well-known family name, the Astor brothers raised Miracle as their own and made the public believe that she was the full-blood daughter of the Astor family.
Sixteen years later, Miracle became depressed and neglected as she carries the heavy weight of pain, guilt, and blame for what happened to her mother.
But what happens when history tries to repeat itself with what happened to Aurora now threatening to happen to Miracle? And the terrible secret of their family cracks and reveals itself out to everyone? Will Miracle finally break? Will her brothers finally step in and be the brothers that she needed? Will someone stop the history from repeating itself and finally save Miracle?
Read to find out!
(CURRENTLY BEING EDITED)