Romiette and Julio

Rating:
Summary: A pretty good book
Review: Jimmy Gross

Romiette & Julio; Sharon Draper; New York; Simon Pulse, 1999. 320 pages.

Romiette & Julio is a pretty good book. I would highly recommend it to young people

that have just finished reading Romeo & Juliet. The plot is similar to Romeo & Juliet,

with a twist on names and places, but the story takes place in the world of today.

Romiette & Julio can be used to better understand Romeo & Juliet because it is

about gangs and the psychology of today's youth, particularly in cities full or crime,

drugs, and shootings. Romiette is an African American girl. Julio is Mexican teenager.

When they fall in love, their parents and the gang at school do not exactly like the idea of

them being together.

The story begins when Julio moves to Ohio from Texas. He first gets in a fight with

another boy, and when the fight is over, they became best friends. His new friend is Ben.

When Julio is on the computer, he begins talking to a girl. When he asks

her what school she goes to, he finds that they attend the same school. They meet

up with one another for lunch at school and quickly fall in love. The gang has

something against Julio and threaten him all of the time. The gang kidnaps Romiette and

Julio, and I suppose that you will have to read the book to find out what happens to

them, because I don't want to give anything away.

The author's writing style is exciting and entertaining. Sharon M. Draper does a very

good job of making the book suitable for teenagers. She has a very good style, relating to

teenagers in today's time using today's language. She uses gangs and real life situations,

showcasing kids who are having similar problems today, as the Romeo & Juliet of

yesterday.

The book makes it very clear as to the time period, place, and setting of the story.

The author tells a lot about who the characters are. The book describes Destiny, who is

Romiette's best friend, who happens to be psychic. The book also portray Ben, who is

Julio's best friend. The author also descriptively depicts the gang called the Devildogs.

The story takes place in Cincinnati, Ohio. Julio moved from Corpus Christie, Texas.

The author's voice is very good. The author does a great job of changing tones, and

sounding either emotional or angry. She can make Romiette and Julio sound like poets,

and have the gangs always sounding angry or against everything.

I feel that the book achieved its goal. I feel that the way Romeo & Juliet is

written makes it just about impossible to understand. The author made a book with

today's English and made it easy to understand.

I think the book left out very few things. I cannot think of anything. One thing

I think is the book should have gone further into the future instead of just a few

weeks. (at the end).

I am not sure how the book compares to others on the subject, because I have not read

any others. Compared to Romeo & Juliet, I think it is a lot better because kids can

actually read and understand what they are reading, and also they can relate with it a lot.

I think that Romiette and Julio was a very good book. If a kid is reading Romeo &

Juliet and doesn't understand it, they should read Romiette & Julio. I would recommend

this book to anyone.

Rating:
Summary: A pretty good book
Review: Jimmy Gross

Romiette & Julio; Sharon Draper; New York; Simon Pulse, 1999. 320 pages.

Romiette & Julio is a pretty good book. I would highly recommend it to young people

that have just finished reading Romeo & Juliet. The plot is similar to Romeo & Juliet,

with a twist on names and places, but the story takes place in the world of today.

Romiette & Julio can be used to better understand Romeo & Juliet because it is

about gangs and the psychology of today's youth, particularly in cities full or crime,

drugs, and shootings. Romiette is an African American girl. Julio is Mexican teenager.

When they fall in love, their parents and the gang at school do not exactly like the idea of

them being together.

The story begins when Julio moves to Ohio from Texas. He first gets in a fight with

another boy, and when the fight is over, they became best friends. His new friend is Ben.

When Julio is on the computer, he begins talking to a girl. When he asks

her what school she goes to, he finds that they attend the same school. They meet

up with one another for lunch at school and quickly fall in love. The gang has

something against Julio and threaten him all of the time. The gang kidnaps Romiette and

Julio, and I suppose that you will have to read the book to find out what happens to

them, because I don't want to give anything away.

The author's writing style is exciting and entertaining. Sharon M. Draper does a very

good job of making the book suitable for teenagers. She has a very good style, relating to

teenagers in today's time using today's language. She uses gangs and real life situations,

showcasing kids who are having similar problems today, as the Romeo & Juliet of

yesterday.

The book makes it very clear as to the time period, place, and setting of the story.

The author tells a lot about who the characters are. The book describes Destiny, who is

Romiette's best friend, who happens to be psychic. The book also portray Ben, who is

Julio's best friend. The author also descriptively depicts the gang called the Devildogs.

The story takes place in Cincinnati, Ohio. Julio moved from Corpus Christie, Texas.

The author's voice is very good. The author does a great job of changing tones, and

sounding either emotional or angry. She can make Romiette and Julio sound like poets,

and have the gangs always sounding angry or against everything.

I feel that the book achieved its goal. I feel that the way Romeo & Juliet is

written makes it just about impossible to understand. The author made a book with

today's English and made it easy to understand.

I think the book left out very few things. I cannot think of anything. One thing

I think is the book should have gone further into the future instead of just a few

weeks. (at the end).

I am not sure how the book compares to others on the subject, because I have not read

any others. Compared to Romeo & Juliet, I think it is a lot better because kids can

actually read and understand what they are reading, and also they can relate with it a lot.

I think that Romiette and Julio was a very good book. If a kid is reading Romeo &

Juliet and doesn't understand it, they should read Romiette & Julio. I would recommend

this book to anyone.

Rating:
Summary: THE BOMB....DO READ
Review: My mom got the first three books in this series and they all really touched, I thought they were all good. The she bought me this book I read it with in two days and I passed it on to all my friends who shared the same feelings as me. The book is so good so do read it. It has just about everything you could want in a book.

Rating:
Summary: It's A Hit
Review: My students call this book the ghetto version of Romeo and Juliet. I bought every single issue of the book from local book stores for my English students. Soon students across the school were reading it. Draper's books are addictive. I've read all of them. East Jefferson High School, Metairie, Louisiana - Ms. Schoenfeld

Rating:
Summary: Stereotypes? Yes Please.
Review: Romiette and Juilo is a teen-version of a romance novel between a girl named Romi, who is African-American and a Hispanic boy named Julio, who fall in love with Each other. Romi and Julio First meet each other on the internet in a teen chat room and find out that they go to the same High School. After their first encounter they find out they really enjoy each other's company because if they didn't there wouldn't be a story. After their second meeting (after they have both talked to their best friends, Ben, who is a stereotypical teenage "freak" who also happens also happens to be very intellectual and enjoys music, and Destiny, who is into astrology and other nonsense.) they are bothered by a very scary gang who all wear - get this - purple! Surprised? I was. They decide to talk "on email" as the author Sharon M. Draper calls it at various times throughout the story. Forget the fact that talking "on" e-mail doesn't make any sense whatsoever and sounds idiotic. Anyway, in the book a local gang opposes two lovebirds at various times throughout the story relationship and they must fight their way through to break down the barrier of race, how unique. In any case I would not recommend this book to anyone unless you enjoy a supposedly educated adult using cliché phrases such as "phat" and "he is fine!" to try an attempt at relating to teenagers. Take my advise and don't but this book, save your money.

Rating:
Summary: Romiette and Julio
Review: Romiette and Julio are sort of like the future Romeo and Juliet. Both Romeo and Julio fall in love with a girl (Juliet and Romiette), and they both aren't allowed to be with the love of their life because it is forbidden. In Romeo and Juliet her father fobids it and in Romette and Julio the gang thats called the the devildogs or the family. So they end upstaying to gether anyways, and well I can't tell the ending.

Rating:
Summary: Like romeo and juliet
Review: Romiette and Julio are two teenagers of different races who fall in love. Romiette is black, and Julio is Mexican. When Julio first comes to the new school, he and Romiette fall for each other fast, but a local gang who attends the school, don't plan on them being together, they give the two problems everyday. Romiette always dreams of drowning, and a guy calling her name. Will her tragic dream come to life, read this love story and find out.

Rating:
Summary: Romiette and Julio
Review: Romiette and Julio have become very close since Julio moved to Cinncinati from Texas, but a gang in their school( the devil dogs) decide that their diffrent cultural relationship should be put to a stop. The young couple with the help of there friends Ben and Destiney come up with a plan to get the gang off there backs. The plan goes wrong and Romiette's worst nightmares come crashing down on her and Julio is the only one who can save her. The novel is appealing to your sense of love and adventure. If you like to read about young love that has a strain put on it and pulls through you will love this novel that follows along the lines of Romeo and Juliette.

Rating:
Summary: Great Book!
Review: Romiette and Julio is a really good book. I decided to read this book because I really like love stories with suspense in them, and this story was a perfect match.
This novel is about a hispanic teenager, Julio Montague, who moves from Texas. At his new school he meets Romiette Cappelle, an African girl who he has a growing liking for. Because Romiette is hanging out with a hispanic, the two lovers are hassled by a purple wearing, black gang,but hassle quickly turns into violence.
I liked this book because it has great suspense that keeps you at the end of your chair. It is also neatly written and easy to understand. Since the characters in this book are teens, it is easy for me to see from their point of view and to understand them.
Something that I didn't enjoy about this book is that it continuosly switches point of view. I think though, that you get use to it by the end of the book.
One of the things that I liked best about this book is that its plot is so different. It's unique from every other book I've read, which makes it even more enjoyable.

Rating:
Summary: Romiette and Julio promises to thrill teen readers!
Review: 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?