4P: Appealing, although formulaic illustrations. What matters here is the text, in its original form. The reader can fill in the blanks with the illustrations, and an occasional footnote helps with real Elizabethan obscura. An adequate introduction to one of Shakespeare's less complex tragedies; in my opinion, this would be a great way for a high school student to prepare for seeing a stage production. ( )

Everyone is familiar with the famous story of Romeo and Juliet. They are from two different socioeconomic statuses and their love will not allow them to stay apart. The tragic ending involves a case of suicide in guilt over the death of a true love. Shakespeare's novels are classic and should be appreciated.

I always enjoy interpreting messages from Shakespeare's works. Although they were written in a different time, they are still important and they portray moral messages that can be learned from.

This novel can be used when studying Shakespeare and English literature. The teacher would have to assist in interpretation and helping the students understand the messages of the story.

This graphic novel is the original story of Romeo and Juliet, only told through a graphic novel eye. It was pages full of beautiful illustrations and many clear speech bubbles connected to each character to show exactly who is speaking.

I absolutely love the story of Romeo and Juliet and to me the graphic novel is like watching the movie and reading the book at the same time! I enjoyed seeing the pictures and illustrations because it kept me interested in the story itself. I wouldn’t recommend it to younger children but high school would be great!

In the classroom, I would have children come up with there own stories and come together as a class to make one large graphic novel! You could also show just a couple pages of pictures and have the students come up with the story!