Book description
Pamela L. Laskin's beautiful and lyrical novel in verse delivers a fresh and captivating retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that transports the star-crossed lovers to the modern-day Israel-Palestine conflict. Ronit, an Israeli girl, lives on one side of the fence. Jamil, a Palestinian boy, lives on the other side.…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Ronit & Jamil as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I think one of the hardest things to write would be a great novel in verse—to distill the elements of plot, characterization, and setting down to what is essential and compelling in spare, clean lines of poetry.
Ronit & Jamil did this and more for me, as the novel gave me insight into the complex conditions that exist in the war-torn Middle East, specifically between the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and offered up an original retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
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