Romiette and Julio

Draper, Sharon M.

ISBN 10: 0613337239 ISBN 13: 9780613337236

Publisher: Turtleback Books, 2001

Synopsis

Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy fall in love on the Internet and find themselves being harrassed by a gang whose members object to interracial dating.

About this title

From the Author

Romiette and Julio promises to thrill teen readers!
Romiette and Julio is an updated, modernized, humorous version of Shakespeare's tale. The two young lovers meet on the Internet. They discover they go to the same high school and sparks fly when local gangs oppose their romance. Romiette's best friend, Destiny (who checks her horoscope daily), and Julio's best friend Ben (a boy with blue hair) are caught in the excitement. Will the story end like Shakespeare's story? Or will the two young lovers be saved in time?

About the Author

Sharon M. Draper is a New York Times bestselling author and recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. She has received the Coretta Scott King Award for both Copper Sun and Forged by Fire. Her Out of My Mind has won multiple awards and has been a New York Times bestseller for well over three years. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. Visit her at SharonDraper.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0613337239
• ISBN 13: 9780613337236
• Binding: School & Library Binding