Beatrice Bunson's Guide to Romeo and Juliet - Softcover

Paula Marantz Cohen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589881052 ISBN 13: 9781589881051

Publisher: Paul Dry Books, 2016

Synopsis

High school begins, and to Beatrice Bunson nothing is the same, not even her best friend, Nan. The """"new"""" Nan doesn't hang out with Bea after school; instead she's running for Student Council and going to parties and avoiding Bea at lunchtime. The boys who were gross in middle school have become surprisingly polite, while the """"cool"""" kids are still a mystery. Bea's older sister, meanwhile, acts like she's living in a soap opera. On the bright side, there's English class with Mr. Martin, where Beatrice discovers that Shakespeare has something to say about almost everything and that nothing in life is as dramatic as Romeo and Juliet. But when Nan gets in over her head in her new social life, it's up to Beatrice to restore her reputation and she may need to make a few new friends to pull it off. One of them, the slightly brainy guy that Beatrice meets at her grandmother's retirement home, is definitely kind of cute, and probably dateable. (Fortunately, nothing is the same in high school). As Beatrice and her classmates tackle Romeo and Juliet, they unveil the subtleties of the play as well as broader lessons of love, family, honor, and misunderstandings. Guided by Mr. Martin, these ninth-graders help us to understand Shakespeare, as Shakespeare helps them begin to understand themselves.

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About the Author

Paula Marantz Cohen's novels include Jane Austen in Scarsdale or Love, Death and the SATs; Jane Austen in Boca; and the recent What Alice Knew: A Most Curious Tale of Henry James and Jack the Ripper. Cohen is Distinguished Professor of English at Drexel University, and is host of the weekly public television program The Drexel Interview.

Edition details

• Publisher: Paul Dry Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589881052
• ISBN 13: 9781589881051
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 223