The novel is narrated by Claudia, who finds herself in a position of significant authority as the vice president of the Honors Council after starting a new school year at Imperial Day Academy. The novel features a diverse cast of characters in terms of race, sexual orientation, and ability, and McCoy focuses on characterization to pull the thriller toward its inevitable conclusion. In her novel, McCoy takes the plot of I, Claudius, and moves it to a private high school, where protagonist Claudia McCarthy finds herself swept against her will into the mind-bogglingly complex world of the Honors Council. I, Claudia by Mary McCoy is a young adult political thriller based loosely on the classic I, Claudius by Robert Graves, which illuminates the tumultuous and corrupt political climate of Ancient Rome with sarcasm, wit, and suspense.
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