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.Terrell – leader of the Devildogs, threatening and powerful.ěen – 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.ĝestiny – Romiette’s best friend, believes in the stars and horoscopes, always searching for her soul mate.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.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.

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

This book was wonderful! I thoroughly enjoyed this modern-day Romeo and Juliet novel. OL12497W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 94.12 Pages 342 Ppi 643 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0613337239 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 20:18:58 Boxid IA116317 Boxid_2 CH104701 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Curatenote shipped DonorĪlibris Edition 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.

Romiette and julio by sharon m draper