Amazing and powerful and creative retelling of Othello for the Hogarth Shakespeare Series. New Boy sets the story in a 1970s-era elementary school in suburban DC, and the whole story unfolds in a day. Chevalier nails the school subculture, with bullies, good kids, drama queens and outcasts, while staying true to Othello's storyline. Using children as characters in no way diminishes the racism, jealousy and betrayal but distills them to a purer form. I think Shakespeare would be proud.