Perchance To Dream is the second novel in the Théâtre Illuminata trilogy. At the very end, the two, along with the four fairies from A Midsummer Night's Dream, head out into the real world to rescue Nate from Sedna. It is also revealed that the true reason the Theater Manager did not want Bertie to stay was because she had the ability to free the players, which, in the end, she does free Ariel, and because he didn't want her to discover her past. Towards the end it is revealed that Ophelia, Prince Hamlet's lover from Hamlet, is Bertie's mother. Nate, a pirate from The Little Mermaid, is kidnapped by Sedna, the Sea Goddess, in an attempt to save Bertie from her. Unable to rip out his own page, he rips out every other page and nearly causes the Théâtre to collapse. Throughout the story, The Book that binds the Players to the Théâtre is captured by Ariel, an air spirit from The Tempest, who desperately wants freedom. Utterly shocked, Bertie convinces the Theater Manager that if she can move Hamlet into the setting of Egypt, sell out the performance and get a standing ovation, she can stay. Until she blows a cannon through the set and is asked to leave. She has caused many damages to the theatre throughout her seventeen years, but the Theater Manager has been patient with her. Bertie has been at the Théâtre Illuminata since before she can remember. Everyone at the theater is a Player in some sort of play or manager of theater, be it a lead or chorus member.

Théâtre Illuminata is a theater where characters are born because of their role in a play. While she herself is not an actor and is not bound to the book, she has lived in the theatre as long as she can remember and it is her home.Įyes Like Stars is the first novel in the Théâtre Illuminata trilogy. The protagonist is Beatrice Shakespeare Smith, more commonly called Bertie. Because of this tie, they are unable to leave the theatre. The characters are bound to the Théâtre by The Book, a magical book containing the scripts of every play. The first book takes places in the mysterious Théâtre Illuminata 'where the characters of every play ever written can be found behind the curtain,'-as written at the back of the book. Eyes Like Stars was nominated for the 2009 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy and the 2010 Mythopoeic Award for Children's Literature. The books are Eyes Like Stars (2009), Perchance To Dream (2010) and So Silver Bright (2011). Théâtre Illuminata is a young adult fantasy trilogy by Lisa Mantchev. Young adult fantasy trilogy by Lisa Mantchev

So silver bright by lisa mantchev