Will Shakespeare Mysteries: The Pearly Pants
Loki meets Horrible Histories, starring a young Will Shakespeare. A murderous, madcap mystery awaits Will at the Macbeths' castle.
When Will and his best friend Tybalt accidently volunteer for the school archery trip to Scotland, Will thinks things couldn’t get any worse. However, soon after they arrive at the Macbeths’ castle, the archery team are accused of murdering Lord Gracious Duncan and – even worse– stealing his priceless but pongy Pearl Encrusted Pants.
Lady Macbeth gives Will and Tybalt until Halloween to find out what’s really happened to Duncan and the Pearly Pants. If they succeed, his brother Gilbert and the rest of the team might be let out of the Macbeths’ dungeon. If they don’t, it’s death by thistle for everyone. Unless the giant Were-Squirrel gets them first…
Creators
Kaz Penney is the co-author of seven novels for young adults, including the House of Shadows and Throne of Swans duologies, which she wrote with her sister as Katharine Corr. The Will Shakespeare Mysteries series is her middle grade debut. Kaz loves Jane Austen, cosy crime and all things mythological and mysterious, and lives in Surrey with her husband, daughters and cats.
Sammy Elgie is a self-taught British illustrator living in south-west London. After a brief time at Central Saint Martins, she took a 20-year break from drawing. It wasn’t until she became a mum and rediscovered the magic of children’s books that she picked up her pencil again, determined to pursue her lifelong dream of illustrating for young readers.
Her debut as a children’s book illustrator, The Will Shakespeare Mysteries marks the beginning of that dream becoming reality, and she couldn’t be more excited.
