GLYNIS NICKERSON's review:

I read this book with the thought that it could be a likely candidate for inclusion in our list of books for our reading group which consists of year 7pupils and parents in a multi - cultural girls high school. The book is without doubt thought - provoking, and many spin-off topics could be seen to emerge from the pages as I read - history, geography, literature and a great deal of research enabling the students to become independent learners.

But did I enjoy 'Shylocks Daughter? As a literacy tutor I wished that the vocabulary could extend the reader little more, and I would have liked a glossary of the Jewish words. As lover of the Bard and all his works, I can see how perhaps it could make one of his more difficult plays more understandable to more people.

But as an avid reader of all kinds of texts and one who reads many diverse books purely for enjoyment, I found it refreshing and entertaining and was disappointed when I came to the end, to find that there were still 20 pages left and someone was going into the background of the book. I felt cheated. I wanted to know what happened to Dalilah. Did she reach Jerusalem? Did she have children? Perhaps someone can write a sequel!