Romiette and Julio
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Romiette and Julio
by Authors:
Sharon M. Draper , Adam Lowenbein
Released: 01 May, 2001
ISBN: 0689842090
Paperback
Sales Rank: 15888
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Customer Review #1:
 Romiette and Julio
Romiette and Julio, written by Sharon M. Draper, is about two high school students, Romiette Cappelle and Julio Montegue, who fall in love. Julio is a sixteen year-old boy who moves to Cinncinati, Ohio to get away from his gang-oriented school back in Corpus Cristi. There he meets an African American young girl, also sixteen, named Romiette. Romiette and Julio meet in an internet chat room at first and instantly connect. Than they find out that they go to school together and are estatic! But this couples budding romance fuels hatred from a local gang called the Devil Dogs. Because of their different cultural backgrounds, the Devil Dogs threaten then constantly and cause tension between the two families. This book is a great present-day version of the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet, with a twist to make the story more appealing to readers today.
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Customer Review #2:
Romiette and Julio
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 Romiettes 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.
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Customer Review #3:
Good Book!
A modern version of Romeo and Juliette with some twists kept me turning the page for more excitement. Julio Montague moves from Texas to Ohio because of gangs at his old school and falls in love with the beautiful, African American girl Romiette Cappelle. What happens though, is that the Devil Dogs - a gang at this school - threatens the Hispanic boy of the dangers of seeing Romi. When both of them reufse to stop liking each other, the Devil Dogs take matters into their own hands and create a nightmare for both Romiette and Julio that they will never forget. This wasnt the best book Ive ever read, but it was still pretty good. Dont judge it based on the title because youll be surprised at how different it is from Shakespeares version considering you can only take the story line so far...very good book overall.
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