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Original Title:	Romiette and Julio
ISBN:	0613337239 (ISBN13: 9780613337236)
Edition Language:	English

Romiette and Julio

Sharon M. Draper

Library Binding | Pages: 336 pages

Rating: 3.93 | 5818 Users | 719 Reviews

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Title	:	Romiette and Julio
Author	:	Sharon M. Draper
Book Format	:	Library Binding
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	May 1st 2001 by Turtleback Books (first published September 1st 1999)
Categories	:	Young Adult. Romance. Realistic Fiction. Fiction. Retellings. Teen. Cultural. African American

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Title: Romiette and Julio
Author: Sharon M. Draper
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks Year: 1999
# of pages: 320 Genre: Teen Fiction
Reading level: 13 Interest level: 13+
Potential hot lava: gangs, violence, kidnapping

General response/reaction:
This book was wonderful! I thoroughly enjoyed this modern-day Romeo and Juliet novel. The pacing of the story was perfect because I could not put down the book as I read. Draper does a wonderful job building suspense and describing very realistic scenes. At some points, I did not want to continue reading because I did not want to know how the characters ended up. I know how Romeo and Juliet ends, and I did not want to read that the same fate awaited Romiette and Julio. This was a wonderful adaptation of Shakespeare’s play.

Subjects, Themes, and Big Ideas:

• Trust
• Love
• Friendship
• Gangs
• Violence
• Ethnicity
• Fear


Characters:
• Romiette Cappelle – sixteen-year-old, African-American girl who has lived in Cincinnati her whole life, her best friend is Destiny, her father works for the local news station, and she falls in love with Julio. Romiette cannot swim.
• Julio Montague – sixteen-year-old, Hispanic boy who moves from Corpus Cristi to Cincinnati, quickly makes friends with Ben, meets Romiette in an online chat room, and falls in love with her.
• Destiny – Romiette’s best friend, believes in the stars and horoscopes, always searching for her soul mate.
• Ben – Julio’s friend, was punched on Julio’s first day, dyes his hair different colors, very smart, but does not show his intelligence to his teachers, unique.
• Terrell – leader of the Devildogs, threatening and powerful
• The Devildogs – the main gang at Romiette’s and Julio’s high school, their colors are purple and the leaders are the only ones who wear purple hoodies, every member is African-American.
• Malaka – former friend of Romiette, runs with the Devildogs because they said that they would make her a member of the gang, helps the police find Romiette and Julio
• Cappelle parents – Cornell is the father who is a newscaster for the local news station. Lady Brianna is the mother who owns an African clothing boutique. The father is worried about his daughter and blames Julio for her disappearance.
• Montague parents – Luis is the father who had a bad experience with gangs in his younger days. Maria is the mother who is very understanding of Julio’s feelings for Romiette.

Plot summary:
Romiette has a recurring dream where she is drowning and she hears a voice calling to her. Destiny tries to interpret the dream but cannot get a grasp on it. Julio has moved from Corpus Cristi to Cincinnati and he is angry about it. On his first day, he gets into a fight with Ben. Just when Julio thinks he is going to get in trouble, Ben makes an excuse to get them both out of trouble and Julio and Ben become friends.

In an online chat room, Romiette and Julio meet and begin their friendship. They learn that they go to the same school and meet face to face (despite what their friends say about the dangers of the internet). Their friendship grows into a budding romance as they continue to talk and have lunch together every day.

However, Julio’s father is not understanding of his friendship with an African-American girl. Luis has had bad experiences with African-Americans and does not want his son to suffer the same loss.

Not only does Julio’s father not approve, but certain people at school do not approve either. The Devildogs target the couple because of their interracial friendship. Malaka “warned” Romiette about what the Devildogs were planning, but the couple had no idea how much trouble they would have on their hands.

With the help of Destiny and Ben, Romiette and Julio think of a plan to expose the Devildogs. Romiette and Julio had been threatened by the group before and wanted it to stop. However, the plan goes wrong and Romiette and Julio are kidnapped by the Devildogs.

When both families find out about the kidnapping, both fathers blame each other. Cappelle blames Montague because he believes that Julio was involved in gang violence. Montague does the same thing because of his past experience with African-American gangs in Texas. Both mothers, however, concentrate on the fact that their children are missing and work together to find them. Both mothers are more understanding of their children’s feelings.

Romiette and Julio’s kidnapping made it on the news and the whole town helped in the search. While searching, Cornell and Luis come to terms with each other and become friends.

In the end, Romiette and Julio are found and the gang is exposed. Finally, they can live a normal life together.

Strengths (including reviews and awards):
The characters are updated but still remain true to the Shakespeare version. It is easy to match, the characters in this version, to the Shakespeare version. The story is relatable to teenagers with computers and gangs and such. It addresses the issues of gang violence, ethnicity, and interracial relationships.

Drawbacks or other cautions:
Towards the end, the coincidence of their names is overemphasized.
Gang violence is described in detail.

Teaching ideas:
Pre-reading:
• Discussion on interracial relationships
o How do you feel about them?
o Are there still problems now? Or is this issue a dead issue?
o Are there still taboos?
• Discussion on gangs
o Have you had any experience with gangs?
o Are there still problems with gangs today?
o How dangerous are they?
• Discussion on family and friends dynamics
o How do you get along with your family?
o Are there any prejudices your family has?
o How do you choose your friends?
o Journals to keep personal details private

During Reading:
• How is this novel similar the Shakespeare play?
• Connect the characters
o Have a chart with the Shakespeare characters and with the Draper characters
o Have the students describe each character (from both versions)
o Connect each character during the reading
• How is the novel different from the Shakespeare play?
o Not in the obvious ways

Post-Reading:
• Show clips of the movies (1968 and 1996)
• Compare and contrast the movies
• Compare and contrast the play and the novel

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Ratings: 3.93 From 5818 Users | 719 Reviews

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"Romiette and Julio" by Sharon M. Draper, is about a teenager named Julio who moves to Cincinatti, and a girl Romiette who is scared of drowning in water, and of fire. Julio doesn't like, and gets into a fight with a boy named Ben, but ends up being friends with him. Then he meets Romiette in a chat room in the internet, and he finds out that she and him go to the same school and they decide to meet in lunch and Julio gives Romiette a flower. Then Julio starts liking Romiette and she starts

Romiette and Julio $5.99/$8.99CANSharon M.Draper ISBN 0-689-84209-0 Sixteen year old Romiette Capplell is an African American teenager living in Cincinatti, Ohio. Unlike other teenagers Romeitte is very satisfy with her own life except there is one thing that trouble her the most. A terrifying dream where there is a unknow voice that keeps on calling her," Romiette! Romiette!" The voice seems very distanced, but somehow it's very familiar that it reach the depth of her heart. It is this voice

i really loved this because its like romeo and juliet. but in this book it talks about these two love birds that meet by a chat room. they dont know if they go to school together. they find out by seeing each othert in the lunchroom in high school. romiette always had theis dream that she would drown and die but this guy calls out her name but she dont know who it is because its drak and scary. but later she founds out that dream comes tru ans knows the voice who calles her name. romi is a

Genre: FictionTags: teen romance, gang warsLexile score: 610LBook review: Sharon Draper's Romiette and Julio is a well-composed storyline about two modern-day teenagers. She uses suspense to keep the reader engaged throughout the novel. While it was well-written, I was not able to make as many text-to-self connections due to the generation gap between myself and the characters in the story. However, I still recommend this book for teenagers.Plot summary (spoiler alert!): In the beginning, the

Romiette and Julio is one of the best books for teens everywhere to read! The book is based on Shakespeare's classic play, Romeo and Juliet with a more urban twist. The story is about two teens Romiette Cappelle, a 16 year old African-American girl who loves her city of Cincinnati and has a strong fear of water and Julio Montague, a 16 year old Hispanic boy who would rather die then to continue to live in the likes of Cincinnati and return to his home in Texas. However they meet in an online

Romiette is a 16 year old black girl, whose mother owns a very popular African culture shop in Cincinnati. Julio is a 16 year old Hispanic boy who just moved to Cincinnati from Corpus Christi, Texas. Despite going to the same school, Romiette and Julio meet in an online chat room, where Julio shares the woes of his new life in Ohio, and where Romiette makes him feel more alive than he ever felt in Texas. After meeting in the lunch room at school for the first time, Romiette and Julio begin