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Romeo and Juliet--Together (And Alive!) at Last

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I read the book, Romeo & Juliet Together at last (and alive) by Avi Wortis. It was about a boy who was in love with a girl . The boy liked poetry and the girl could never put a book down. The boy's friends think that if he could put on the play Romeo & Juliet his friend would be Romeo and his lover would be Juliet. It worked out as he planned and they got the parts .There is one problem; a bully named Hamilton wanted to be Romeo. They though they had convinced him to be a knight but it was a joke. During the book, Hamilton gets back to the cast of the play and ........ oops sorry you have to read the book to find out the ending. I give the book 4 stars out of 5- stars.

Middle school age kids attempt to play matchmaker for a pair of bashful peers by developing their own production of Shakespeare's classic with those two shy folks in the lead roles. The characters are very age-appropriate in interaction and approach to the production's challenges. This makes for some funny results in terms of such things as costuming and timing and forgotten lines and/or actions and adolescent ego. This would be a good way for a youngster to get his or her first taste of The Bard, a source many youngsters see as intimidating. The kids' loyalties, friendships, and social observations and dislikes ring true. Having read several of Avi's other works before, this is just one more that shows him to be a consistently reliable choice of author for young people.

This book follows some middle school kids in their attempt to perform the play "Romeo and Juliet", but the play is just an excuse to try to get two of their friends together (they have cast them as Romeo and Juliet). Unfortunately, they do not realize that they need much more than two weeks to get the play off the ground. But, that's all the time they have.

This book is wonderfully funny and imaginative. I recently read it to my sixth graders, and they really enjoyed it.

This is a cute, quick read about a class of eighth graders and their efforts to put two classmates together. This is so typical of this age group. Their rendition of Romeo and Juliet will leave you laughing as they torture Shakepeare's language, but get the two shy classmates to kiss and fall in love.

I though this book was very good and i htink alot of ppl should read this book. It is very funny and once u start to read it u wont be able to put it down! it talks about these kids that want to get there friend to kiss this girl so in stend of in romeo and juliet they dont want the ppl to kiss they turn the play around and get them to kiss.but if u ever coem across this book i think u should pick it up and read it or amybe just a couple of pages but i htink u should read the whole thing!!!!!