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  <default_description>SHAKESPEARE SHAPIRO HAS ALWAYS hated his name. His parents bestowed it on him as some kind of sick joke when he was born, and his life has gone downhill from there, one embarrassing incident after another. Entering his senior year of high school, Shakespeare has never had a girlfriend, his younger brother is cooler than he is, and his best friend's favorite topic of conversation is his bowel movements.

But Shakespeare will have the last laugh. He is chronicling every mortifying detail in his memoir, the writing project each senior at Shakespeare's high school must complete. And he is doing it brilliantly. And, just maybe, a prize-winning memoir will bring him respect, admiration, and a girlfriend . . . or at least a prom date.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[Eh.  It was okay.  I didn't find the humor very humorous.  Shapiro is a sad sack with a decent heart who has a weird name and experiences all sorts of embarrassing situations.  The writing is fine.  <br/><br/>The problem I had with the book is that the characters feel like stereotypes.  Shakespear...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16884416">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Seventeen-year-old Shakespeare Shapiro writes about his typical teenage boy obsession with sex and chronic embarrasement over his parents' behavior in his memoir, a required senior project.  He pushes the boundaries and exaggerates the circumstances for some edgy humorous material that many teens wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45673026">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i liked the beginning of the book much better than the end, though i suppose all the posturing of the dry sarcasm had to have some point. i also like that the main character (shakespeare) doesn't really change all that much - except, i guess, in his idea of what the point of senior year is. <br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17712828">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book about a 17 yr old boy's life. He's a senior in high school and has to write a memoir. This book tells of his horrible experiences in life. The format of this book is special because it alternates between the author writing and the protagonist's writing (his memoir). The protagonist ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8722019">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this book up because I have a real thing for (in terms of loving to) reading books with male protagonists who are written by guys. I bought this book on Saturday afternoon and read it cover to cover in about two hours.<br/><br/>The characters are all funny, and I found myself laughing out...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46611346">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Spanking Shakespeare is a funny book following the life of a not so popular teenage boy who is consequently named Shakespeare. It is a memoir of his life as in the novel, he enters a competition writing exactly that. It shows how dysfunctional his family is, to say the least, and though he is consid...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79488162">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[From ALA's Best YA Books of 2008<br/>I'm not giving this any stars since I didn't finish it.  I read about 60 pages.<br/>Shakespeare Shapiro is a high school senior.  He's not happy with the name that his parents gave him.  He goes to some kind of posh high school in NYC that focuses on writing.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64174654">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Spanking Shakespeare was another book challenge by a student at school. Brittney loved this book and was suggesting it for a book club pick. I'm glad I read it first. While it was immensely entertaining, I'm not sure it would have been as good for discussing and the sexual content and the way it dea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77184605">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Spanking Shakespeare, by Jake Wizner, is a cringe worthy story that will have you laughing and shaking your head at the antics and mental babble of a seventeen year old guy.  Much to my chagrin, I have to admit I enjoyed the story, but it's not for the prim and proper, as some of the content can be ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63625828">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>I'm expecting big things from Wizner after this smash hit for mature teens</strong><br/><br/>Think coming-of-age story for the 21st century. Think <em>Diary of a Wimpy Kid</em> for the mature teen. Think self-deprecating humour by a misfit, that has developed a cult following. Add these all up and you’ve got this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48232670">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Portnoy's Complaint for teenagers, this is the story of Shakespeare Shapiro, a seventeen-year-old Jewish boy, who is assigned to write his memoirs for his senior writing project.  Shakespeare shares his most humiliating moments, in all their raunchy glory, as he describes his attempts to get a girlf...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65914993">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Spanking Shakespeare has got to be one of the funniest books I have ever read.  I was laughing out loud as I read this book and often!<br/><br/>Shakespeare Shapiro is a senior in high school and is desperately wanting to be noticed by the women of his dreams.  He has them ranked much like he has r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62037609">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Shakespeare Shapiro must write a memoir to graduate from high school at Hemingway High - a requirement of all graduating seniors.  This book alternates Shakespeare's senior year with his memoir entries.  Shakespeare's stories of humiliation at the hands of his classmates and crazy family are often c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50900558">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When one of my high school juniors is looking for a funny book, I know that the strong readers can enjoy <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/378579.I_Love_You_Beth_Cooper" title="I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle">I Love You, Beth Cooper</a> and anything by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16218.Christopher_Moore" title="Christopher Moore">Christopher Moore</a>.  What to do for those who like R-rated humor, but aren't quite up to snuff, reading wise?  &quot;Spanking&quot; may be a good fit.  Ther...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50566824">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Spanking Shakespeare is not the usual sort of book I read. I'm not usually interested in typical teen books whose main purpose is just to talk about what being a teen means. I've been there, grew up and would never go back, thanks. However, every now and then a general YA book catches my interest an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56601675">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow -- awesome writing. I picked this novel up after having heard a lot of good things as well some so-so comments that questioned why this novel is getting such good reviews. After reading it (and I could not put it down!), I can completely understand why certain readers love it while others may fe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52446527">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book reminds me of my first boyfriend and his friends. Threw me right back to high school with all the bad language and talk of sex - obvious hormones raging. I wouldn't hand this book to my son, probably until he's an adult (yes, I'm overprotective but he's 7); I would gladly hand it over to a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71075373">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't often get to read Teen books but this one came highly recommended and when I heard there was a lot of inappropriateness, well you know that just makes me want to read it even more.  Shakespeare is your typical hormone-driven-self-absorbed guy, just trying to get through high school and find ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67485353">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As with many (seemingly ubiquitous) first person narratives, <em>Spanking Shakespeare</em> presents a large number of conversations recanted verbatum and introduces prosaic detail - both of which lead the reader away from any form of realism within the fictional tale.  In and of itself, this is not necessari...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42702777">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This YA book was one my daughter was reading, and accidentally left behind at Thanksgiving - that, of course, mom had to pick up. No such thing as an abandoned book at my house. Shakespeare Shapiro hates the name his unusual parents have burdened him with and blames the name for many of the miseries...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76170185">more...</a>]]></body>
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