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All the World's a Stage by Gretchen Woelfle follows 12-year-old Kit Buckles, an orphan in 1590s London, who is forced to pickpocket at the Theatre Playhouse but gets caught. Given the choice between jail and working for the theater, Kit chooses the latter and becomes a stagehand. Immersed in Shakespeare’s world, he discovers his passion for theater and carpentry, ultimately finding a purposeful direction in life.