In his new identity as Blue Avenger, sixteen-year-old David visits Venice, Italy, and continues to pursue various crusades, including trying to solve the mystery of who really wrote Shakespeare's works.
Examines the possibilities that plays attributed to William Shakespeare were actually written by other authors, and discusses the theories of Delia Bacon, Ignatius Donnelly, J. Thomas Looney, and others.
Profiles the works of Shakespeare and discusses how his ideas and writings developed, how they affected future generations, why people think the plays were not written by Shakespeare, and other related topics.
Julius Lester discusses the aspects of his life that have influenced his writing, including his upbringing before the Civil Rights movement, his personal relationships, his political and social views, and his religious beliefs.