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Romiette and Julio (Paperback)
| Author: Sharon M. Draper | Illustrator: Adam Lowenbein |
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Product Details:
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10: 0689821808
ISBN-13: 9780689821806
Sku: 30479349
Publish Date: 1/16/2003
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 9H x 5.75L x 1T
Pages:
240
Edition Number:
1
Age Range:
15 to 19
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Suddenly, Romiette sat up in her bed. Her nightgown was damp and clinging to her body. (from the first line)
| Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet and the two are harassed by gang members who object to interracial dating. |
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This update of the Shakespeare story features two perfectly matched young lovers who meet in an Internet chat room, but when a local gang disapproves of their interracial relationship, tormenting them, the strength of their love is tested. |
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This story based on Shakespeare's play, ROMEO AND JULIET, tells the story of Julio Montague and Romiette Capelle. The two correspond with each other through cyber-chats, and plan to meet one another when they realize they have a lot in common--what they don't realize is that they attend the same high school! The two begin to fall in love, and their relationship is wonderful. But things could change when a group of thugs don't want them to date because Romiette is African-American and Julio is Hispanic. Will the two end their relationship, or overcome the prejudice that threatens to destroy them?This dramatic spin on Shakespeare's play, ROMEO AND JULIET, moves the action to modern-day Cincinnati. Romiette Cappelle and Julio Montague correspond with each other through cyber-chats, and plan to meet one another when they realize they have a lot in common--what they don't realize is that they attend the same high school! The pair begins to fall in love, and their relationship is wonderful. But things could change when a group of thugs don't want them to date because Romiette is African-American and Julio is Hispanic. Will the two end their relationship, or overcome the prejudice that threatens to destroy them? By the author of TEARS OF A TIGER.
This story based on Shakespeare's play, ROMEO AND JULIET, tells the story of Julio Montague and Romiette Capelle. The two correspond with each other through cyber-chats, and plan to meet one another when they realize they have a lot in common--what they don't realize is that they attend the same high school! The two begin to fall in love, and their relationship is wonderful. But things could change when a group of thugs don't want them to date because Romiette is African-American and Julio is Hispanic. Will the two end their relationship, or overcome the prejudice that threatens to destroy them?This dramatic spin on Shakespeare's play, ROMEO AND JULIET, moves the action to modern-day Cincinnati. Romiette Cappelle and Julio Montague correspond with each other through cyber-chats, and plan to meet one another when they realize they have a lot in common--what they don't realize is that they attend the same high school! The pair begins to fall in love, and their relationship is wonderful. But things could change when a group of thugs don't want them to date because Romiette is African-American and Julio is Hispanic. Will the two end their relationship, or overcome the prejudice that threatens to destroy them? By the author of TEARS OF A TIGER.
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