Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} A Question of Will by Lynne Kositsky A Question of Will (Out of This World Series) When Perin Willoughby travels back in time to Elizabethan London, she becomes a boy actor and takes part in a scheme which Shakespeare and the Earl of Oxford, Edward De Vere, have hatched. About the Author: Lynne Kositsky draws on her experience as a teacher of English and drama in A Question of Will, creating a modern story in pseudo-Elizabethan English. An award-winning poet, she has been making her presence known in children's literature. Her second novel, Rebecca's Flame, has joined Candles as a Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" Selection. The author, born in Canada, grew up in England. She returned to Canada in 1969 and now lives in Toronto with her husband and two sheltie puppies, Merlin and Willow. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. About the Seller. Sale & Shipping Terms. A full refund will be given if the book is "not as described" if it is received back in the same condition as shipped. Regardless of the country of origin, for 'buyer does not want item' returns, postage shall not be refundable. Domestic orders usually ship within 2 business days. US and International orders are sentbi- weekly from the US. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. KOSITSKY, Lynne 1947- Born August 14, 1947, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; married; children: three. Education: B.A. in psychology; B.Ed. in education; M.A. in English; various honors specialist teaching diplomas in English and drama. Addresses. Home — Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Agent — c/o Author Mail, Kids Can Press, 2250 Military Rd., Tonawanda, NY 14150. E-mail — [email protected] Career. Author of books for children and young adults; poet. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, educator; has also taught at middle school and secondary schools. Member. Writers' Union of Canada, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers. Awards, Honors. E. J. Pratt Medal, 1981, for poetry; Canadian Author and Bookman Award, 1984, for poetry; "Our Choice" selection, Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC), and Geoffrey Bilson Historical Award shortlist, both for Candles; CCBC "Our Choice" selection, for Rebecca's Flame; CCBC "Our Choice" selection, Hackmatack Award nomination, and White Raven Award, International Youth Library in Munich, all for Rachel: A Mighty Big Imagining; Society of School Librarians International Honor Book designation, for The Thought of High Windows; Ontario works-in-progress grant and Canada Council grant, both for Claire by Moonlight. Writings. NOVELS. Candles, Roussan (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), 1998. Rebecca's Flame, Roussan (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), 1998. A Question of Will, Roussan (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), 2000. The Thought of High Windows, Kids Can Press (Tonawanda, NY), 2004. Claire by Moonlight, Tundra Books (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2005. "OUR CANADIAN GIRL" SERIES. Rachel: A Mighty Big Imagining, Penguin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2001. Rachel: The Maybe House, Penguin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2002. Rachel: Certificate of Freedom, Penguin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2003. Rachel: An Elephant Tree Christmas, Penguin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2004. POETRY. PCB Jam, Unfinished Monument Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1981. Contributor of poems to periodicals, including Toronto Life, Waves, Quarry, University of Toronto Review, and Canadian Women Studies. Adaptations. The Thought of High Windows has been optioned for an HBO Movie of the Week. Work in Progress. Researching and writing a novel for adults about Emilia Bassano Lanier, who may have been the "Dark Lady" of Shakespeare's sonnets; research for a young adult novel about the plague in Eyam, Derbyshire, England, in the seventeenth century. Sidelights. Award-winning Canadian writer Lynne Kositsky is the author of the young adult novels A Question of Will and The Thought of High Windows, as well as several volumes in the "Our Canadian Girl" series for younger readers. Kositsky, a native of Montreal who lives in Toronto, has earned the E. J. Pratt Medal and the Canadian Author and Bookman Award for her poetry, and she garnered the White Raven Award from the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany, for Rachel: A Mighty Big Imagining. Kositsky's debut novel, Candles, appeared in 1998. Candles focuses on a young girl named Anya whose grandmother gives her an old menorah as a Hanukkah gift. When Anya lights the first candle, she is transported back in time to pre-World War II Germany, where she enters the life of Estie, a Jewish girl. Each time Anya lights a candle, she learns more about Estie's history, including her daring escape to England. "Estie's life and through her, Anya's learning to accept and cherish her Jewish identity, are the heart of the story," noted a critic in Resource Links. In A Question of Will, another time-travel story, Kositsky looks at the controversy surrounding the authorship of William Shakespeare's plays. While on a field trip to the Globe Theatre in London, Perin Willoughby suddenly finds herself back in Elizabethan England, where she meets the boorish Will Shakspeare and a host of other colorful characters. After she lands work with an acting company, Perin begins to suspect that the true genius behind the stage dramas she helps to produce is Edward Vere, the earl of Oxford. According to School Library Journal contributor Lynn Bryant, "Kositsky does give a sense of the sights, sounds, smells, and people of sixteenth-century London and addresses the debate over who really wrote Shakespeare's plays." The Thought of High Windows, described as "superb, wrenching Holocaust fiction" by a critic in Kirkus Reviews, was published in 2004. Esther, a Jewish girl who fled Nazi Germany, finds sanctuary in a French castle with a group of refugee children. Life is difficult for Esther: she misses her mother and father, endures the taunts of her fellow refugees, and lives in squalor. "Esther's longing for her family and feelings of depression make her a very real character and her increasing losses and loneliness draw readers into her experiences," observed Beth L. Meister in School Library Journal. When France surrenders to Germany, Esther no longer feels safe and goes on the run, eventually joining the French underground. Martha V. Parravano, reviewing The Thought of High Windows in Horn Book, stated that the author's "focus on human imperfection and quotidian detail poignantly reminds readers that the Holocaust – in all its inhumanity – happened to real human beings." The life of a former slave girl is depicted in Kositsky's tales from the "Our Canadian Girl" series. In Rachel: A Mighty Big Imagining, Rachel and her mother board a ship that will take them from America to Nova Scotia, where Rachel's stepfather awaits. Conditions in their new homeland are harsh and unforgiving, however, and free blacks are not welcomed by all. Despite these hardships, Rachel is determined to learn how to read and write. "This is a simple, believable story told in a straightforward manner," observed K. V. Johansen in Resource Links. Rachel: The Maybe House concerns the family's efforts to move from their horrid pit house to a new home, and Rachel: Certificate of Freedom follows Rachel and her mother after they are sold back into slavery. The final book in the series, Rachel: An Elephant Tree Christmas, adds "a lovely sense of closure," remarked Resource Links contributor David Ward. Biographical and Critical Sources. PERIODICALS. Horn Book, May-June, 2004, Martha V. Parravano, review of The Thought of High Windows, p. 332. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, November, 2004, Jo Ann Yazzie, review of The Thought of High Windows, pp. 272-273. Kirkus Reviews, February 15, 2004, review of The Thought of High Windows, p. 181. Resource Links, June, 1999, review of Candles, p. 12; February, 2000, review of Rebecca's Flame, pp. 25, 28; October, 2000, review of A Question of Will, p. 28; December, 2001, K. V. Johansen, review of Rachel: A Mighty Big Imagining, pp. 18-19; February, 2003, Joanne de Groot, review of Rachel: The Maybe House, p. 11; April, 2004, Carol-Ann Hoyte, review of Rachel: Certificate of Freedom, pp. 18-19, and Brendan White, review of The Thought of High Windows, p. 38; October, 2004, David Ward, review of Rachel: An Elephant Tree Christmas, p. 14. School Library Journal, November, 2001, Lynn Bryant, review of A Question of Will, p. 160; May, 2004, Beth L. Meister, review of The Thought of High Windows, p. 151. ISBN 13: 9781896184661. When Perin Willoughby travels back in time to Elizabethan London, she becomes a boy actor and takes part in a scheme which Shakespeare and the Earl of Oxford, Edward De Vere, have hatched. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Lynne Kositsky draws on her experience as a teacher of English and drama in A Question of Will, creating a modern story in pseudo-Elizabethan English. An award-winning poet, she has been making her presence known in children's literature. Her second novel, Rebecca's Flame, has joined Candles as a Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" Selection. The author, born in Canada, grew up in England. She returned to Canada in 1969 and now lives in Toronto with her husband and two sheltie puppies, Merlin and Willow. From School Library Journal : Gr 6-9-Set in London, this novel begins with Perin Willoughby taking a summer-school course on Shakespeare. On a field trip to the Globe Theatre, she becomes separated from the rest of the class and is sucked through time during an eclipselike occurrence into the bard's world. She meets a colorful, smelly, rambunctious cast of characters and immediately falls for a hot blond, John Pyke. The only problem is that he and everyone else thinks that she's a boy. Willow/Perin is apprenticed to Shakespeare, who is portrayed as being rude, a slob, and a heavy drinker. He swindles his sponsor out of money, lacks the intelligence of an author of his stature, and never writes. Disguised as a boy playing a girl, the witty and resourceful heroine eventually works her way on stage as Juliet. Her speech is filled with slang such as "doggam," which may wear thin with readers, and she switches between comparisons of the present and the Elizabethan era. With the exception of Pyke, the other characters are not fully enough developed for readers to care about them. However, Kositsky does give a sense of the sights, sounds, smells, and people of 16th- century London and addresses the debate over who really wrote Shakespeare's plays. A serviceable introduction to the topic; an afterword provides background. Rakuten Kobo. Listen to your audiobook on Apple (iOS) or Android phones and tablets. Start listening for FREE. Try an audiobook of your choice. It's free and yours to keep. After 30 days, get another every month for only $9.99 USD . Cancel any time. You are in the United States store. Not in United States ? Choose your country's store to see books available for purchase. Synopsis. When Perin Willoughby, a feisty, fast-talking teen, accidentally travels back in time to Elizabethan London, she cleverly disguises herself as a boy actor and snags a job in the theatre, and soon gets caught up in a scheme which Shakespeare and the Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere, have hatched. A Question of Will Paperback – 9 November 2019. Delightful to see this classic romp through literary history back in print! Entertaining for the young at heart of all ages! And a refreshing introduction to the very real and serious evidence that "Shakespeare" was a pseudonym for a hidden author (who was very likely Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford). Recently, I've come to the realization why I cannot read fiction. because of the many people, especially teachers, who have told me over the years to "go back and re-read the story" because I wasn't telling them correctly what the story was about. I know now this is an unfortunate error on their part to tell me that my experiences which I bring into my story reading are without merit especially since I now know we all read as if the author was speaking directly to us. To read the characters, we read them as if we know them to be true as we will oft-times "re-fit" those characters to "fit" what we know ourselves to be true, making the story more alive for ourselves, the soul reader. As such, I write now not to review Ms. Kositsky's book via its tale of a young woman and her fate to view a part of history long past but rather to write that each person should value their own experiences and trust what they themselves read into each story. Nor should any person be disheartened by others who say their interpretation is more at the heart of the story. For which Ms. Kositsky's book teaches us all a lesson in that we may think we know better than others what her story is about, but only she herself as the author knows the truth.