It is not necessary to buy (or even download) anything, but a notebook is a good idea. We will be reading the Folger Shakespeare Library text in class.  

However, there are many formats available for free download. This is the one we will be working from in class:
https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/the-tempest/

If your student is a really avid Shakespeare lover, I recommend the Folger Shakespeare Library text. It costs around $7 new, but is loaded with helpful footnotes. Again, this purchase is not required.
To support independent bookstores: https://bookshop.org/books/the-tempest-9780451527127/9780743482837
or
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While there are some scary moments for some of the characters, we are always in on it and know that they are not really in danger. There is some drinking by two "fool" characters, but it in no way looks cool.
We will be discussing some sensitive issues around race regarding the slave characters, one of whom is described as a man, but more often called a monster.

Here is a synopsis, courtesy of the Folger Shakespeare Library:

Putting romance onstage, The Tempest gives us a magician, Prospero, a former duke of Milan who was displaced by his treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero is exiled on an island, where his only companions are his daughter, Miranda, the spirit Ariel, and the monster Caliban. When his enemies are among those caught in a storm near the island, Prospero turns his power upon them through Ariel and other spirits.

The characters exceed the roles of villains and heroes. Prospero seems heroic, yet he enslaves Caliban and has an appetite for revenge. Caliban seems to be a monster for attacking Miranda, but appears heroic in resisting Prospero, evoking the period of colonialism during which the play was written. Miranda’s engagement to Ferdinand, the Prince of Naples and a member of the shipwrecked party, helps resolve the drama.