Jacqueline Woodson starts this book off with an introduction explaining that she wanted to write an updated version of Romeo and Juliet. So knowing that, and without giving anything specific away, be forewarned about that. This is a wonderful exploration of teenage feelings, teenage tenderness, and like Eleanor and Park, is and isn’t a retelling of Romeo and Juliet. Both are a retelling in a way, without getting too much into the forces keeping them apart (at least keeping families at bay). But that doesn’t […]