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The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents: Romeo and Juliet
By Lendler, Ian
- ISBN
- 978-1-62672-278-1 978-1-59643-916-0
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook/First Second (Roaring Brook Press)
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Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015 | Intermediate Fiction
This week's performance at the Stratford Zoo is of "Big Bill" Shakespeare's <i>Romeo and Juliet</i>, in which Romeo the roost...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on November 1, 2015
Text and art combine for an energetic and entertaining retelling of Romeo and Juliet. In making the play accessible for a younger audience, Ian Lendler softens some of the details from Shakespeare's original work. The two feuding families live in a petting zoo and the forest wilderness; Romeo and Juliet are best friends instead of a romantic couple; and Juliet plans to induc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
