POSEY FURNISH's review:

In a phase of entertainment that seems obsessed with showing Shakespeare's tales in modern settings, Shylock's Daughter was a refreshing read that held my attention until the very last word.

As someone whose job it is to entice often hesitant readers to try something outside the scope of popular fiction, I am thrilled that a writer has managed to weave two key areas of secondary school education - holocaust/anti-Semitism and Shakespeare - into the fabric of what is ultimately a very good story. What distinguishes this book from being just another attempt at cleverness is Pressler's ability to show, through their words and actions, that teens will be teens - no matter time or place.

Jessica's attitude is just as relevant and just as predictable as in a modern setting. What's more, Pressler doesn't patronise her reader with a fairytale or Hollywood ending. Just as every character believed in their own ability to make choices for themselves, so does the reader get to see that the outcome of each choice is theirs, and theirs alone. I look forward to recommending this to my students.

Posey K. Furnish
BFA Assistant Librarian
The Elliott Schoo
Putney, London