Draper the story of romiette and julio is a modern version of shakespeares classic play romeo and juliette. This is a takeoff of william shakespears book romeo and juliet it has a very powerful message which is where ever you go in life there are going to be obsticals in your way. After reading it for the 3rd time i still realize why middle school girls as well as boys. She uses suspense to keep the reader engaged throughout the novel.
Printed and bound in the united states of america 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 the library of congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows. When the devildogs threaten to teach them a lesson, romiette and julio come up with a risky plan to escape from the gangs fearsome shadow. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the romiette and julio, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Her novel out of my mind has won multiple awards and was. Draper is a new york times bestselling author and recipient of the margaret a. The book i recently read is romiette and julio by sharon draper. Edwards award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens.
Sharon drapers romiette and julio is a wellcomposed storyline about two modernday teenagers. Julio and romi were alone in the kitchen, with max wagging his tail cheerfully between them. The couple in the story will show you how love can over come. She has received the coretta scott king award for both copper sun and forged by fire, and was most recently awarded the charlotte huck award for stella by starlight. While it was wellwritten, i was not able to make as many texttoself connections due to the generation gap between myself and the characters in the story.
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