The fourteen-aged little boy has no parents and no real name. But he is good at shorthand. In the middle period of sixteen century, there was only one script for one drama in London, so the script had to lock up and guard by the specialized person. The master of this little boy appointed him to watch the drama Hamlet by Shakespeare in the Global Theatre in London and wanted him to steal the new script of Hamlet through shorthand. His master was so cruel that he could not deny the order. Therefore, the little boy had to slip into the theatre by all means, and secretly kept the script in his mind. All of sudden, the theatre was on fire.Could this little boy finish the task his master had assigned to him? Would his fate be changed for this special experience?…..The Shakespeare Stealer, authorized by Gary Black, has awarded the ALA(American Library Association) Best Book for Young Adults.