- Latinos, Gangs, High schools, Fiction
Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harrassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Sharon M. Draper
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Aladdin Paperbacks, Simon Pulse
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780689821806
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“Suddenly, Romiette sat up in her bed.”
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