10 Things I Hate About You as the female leads in the original play. Their surname is Stratford, a nod to Shakespeare's birthplace. Patrick's surname Verona references the home of his relative character Petruchio. The characters attend Padua High School, named after where the play is set. Cameron (Lucentio, who disguises himself as a tutor named Cambio) tutors Bianca in French and slips in a line from play while obsessing over her: ""I burn, I pine, I perish"". Patrick's character reflects the outlandish behavior of Petruchio, and Michael coerces Patrick into the marching band incident with the words from Sonnet 56: ""Sweet love, renew thy force"".
Ten Things I Hate About Me for their 2009 "RT Award for Young Adult Novels". The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books also gave it a positive review, remarking that while the book had some issues Jamie's "character and motivations remain convincing and her self-deprecating humor keeps things from becoming too tract-like". Ten Things I Hate About Me Ten Things I Hate About Me is a 2006 award winning young adult novel by Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah and her second work. The book was first released in Australia on October 1, 2006 through Pan MacMillan Australia. "Ten Things I Hate About Me" was awarded the