Rule number one of Third-Period Verona: Yearn all you like, but skin must never meet skin.
When Marcus and Elle fall asleep in Study Hall, they wake up in a magical, mashed-up version of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. Here, gym mats become battlements, eraser dust turns to moonlight, and they are free to declare their middle-school crushes out loud. But there’s a catch: if they touch, the dream collapses, spitting them right back to their desks to drool on boring Shakespeare.
Worse, the Dream Playwright—who looks suspiciously like their sleeping teacher, Mr. Henderson—is actively trying to force them to break the rules. To stay in Verona, Marcus and Elle must navigate the impossible physics of yearning, dodge a mischievous fairy, and guard each other from their own wanting. But when the bell finally rings, the real challenge begins: surviving the terrifying intimacy of the waking world.