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Star-Crossed
Barbara Dee
出版
Simon and Schuster
, 2017-03-14
主題
Juvenile Fiction / Family / General
Juvenile Fiction / Performing Arts / General
Juvenile Fiction / Performing Arts / Theater & Musicals
Juvenile Fiction / School & Education
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Physical & Emotional Abuse
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / New Experience
ISBN
1481478486
9781481478489
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=PAhHDgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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“
Star-Crossed
delighted me! Barbara Dee has a light touch and a pitch-perfect middle school voice. This book will have you laughing and groaning in sympathy with crush-addled Mattie and eagerly turning pages. Mattie and her classmates charmed me with their kindness, their humor, their uncertainty, their devotion to one another and to Shakespeare! Barbara masterfully sprinkles the bard’s words over the narration and stirs the troubles of Romeo and Juliet into the plot. And those Shakespearian insults! Be sure to read
Star-Crossed
or you’ll miss out.” —Gail Carson Levine, author of
Ella Enchanted
Mattie is chosen to play Romeo opposite her crush in the eighth grade production of Shakespeare’s most beloved play in this
Romeo and Juliet
inspired novel from the author of
Truth or Dare
.
Mattie, a star student and passionate reader, is delighted when her English teacher announces the eighth grade will be staging
Romeo and Juliet
. And she is even more excited when, after a series of events, she finds herself playing Romeo, opposite Gemma Braithwaite’s Juliet. Gemma, the new girl at school, is brilliant, pretty, outgoing—and, if all that wasn’t enough: British.
As the cast prepares for opening night, Mattie finds herself growing increasingly attracted to Gemma and confused, since, just days before, she had found herself crushing on a boy named Elijah. Is it possible to have a crush on both boys AND girls? If that wasn’t enough to deal with, things backstage at the production are starting to rival any Shakespearean drama! In this sweet and funny look at the complicated nature of middle school romance, Mattie learns how to be the lead player in her own life.
“Barbara Dee’s
Star-Crossed
is a love story, a rallying cry for girl-power, and a Shakespeare lover’s dream come true. When I finished reading, I had a huge smile on my face and a lightness in my heart.” —Nora Raleigh Baskin, author of
Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story
“
Star-Crossed
takes the drama, humor, friendships, misunderstandings, and romance of
Romeo and Juliet
and transforms them perfectly to the middle school stage. One word about this honest, heartfelt middle grade novel for the theater geek in each of us? Encore!” —Donna Gephart, author of
Lily and Dunkin
“
Star-Crossed
by Barbara Dee cleverly draws from
Romeo and Juliet
, providing readers with an insightful introduction to Shakespeare while exploring the complexities of young love. Readers will root for this relationship.” —Ami Polonksy, author of
Gracefully Grayson
