ANYONE BUT YOU

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These violent delights have violent ends...Gigi Caputo is fed up. A vicious act of vandalism has dealt another blow to her familys proud pizza heritage and the Montesowners of a rival Italian restaurantare clearly to blame. The hostility goes far beyond bragging rights for best pizza in Chicago. The Montes have been bent on destroying Caps for four generations. Even if it means putting herself in harms way Gigis determined to get to the bottom of the feud. Instead in a secret encounter with Roman Monte the very boy whose relatives have brought her family such grief she finds both danger and love at first sight. If the daughter and son of these two warring families fall for each other can it be anything but a recipe for disaster? Slowly Gigi and Roman learn that their story is fatefully linked to the summer of 1933 when two twelveyearolds Benny and Nick hop the turnstile at the Chicago Worlds Fair. The most stunning wonder of the fair is Stella who innocently causes a lasting rift between the two boyhood. Wending its way through past and present day this modern take on Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is bittersweet funny and intensely exciting. Its classic romancea tale of hate and the only force that can ever defeat it: love.The tragic rift...comes to life with...a much more satisfying...resolution than the Bards original tragic tale. Certain moments...are...heartbreakingly lovely. This story will resonate with teens as well as adults. USA Today Happy Ever AfterA funny fresh and wholly original take on Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet...pure perfection! Yona Zeldis McDonough author of Two of a Kind and A Wedding in Great NeckWith all the intrigue drama and tragedy of the real thing Askew and Helmes make you fall as hard for Roman and Gigi as you did for Romeo and Juliet. Kerry Cohen author of Easy and Its Not You Its MeI did really enjoy this book. I laughed I cried I had a nice time with it.... Ive recommended the series before this book just reenforces that recommendation. Ariel AvalonI have to say that the Twisted Lit ladies were really on their game with this one. There were so many moments that I recognized as inspired by the play but which fit so perfectly into the new story that they created. Drown My BooksThese two authors focus on the messages and warnings written within the classic plays and then present them in ways that teenagers...will want to devour.... The humour is palpable and the genius of the storylines is proven with every page. Confessions of a Book AddictAnyone But You is a great young adult read and may be a helpful resource for students studying Romeo and Juliet. Vancouver Family Magazine

Data Publikacji: 2014-01-01
Wymiary: 214.3 mm 139.7 mm 22.86 mm 14.56 oz 412.77 gr