ISBN |
9781760297152 (paperback) |
Name |
Barker, Kathryn author. |
Title |
Waking Romeo / Kathryn Barker. |
Published |
Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin Childrens Books, 2021. |
©2021 |
Description |
386 pages ; 21 cm. |
Summary |
What if Juliet Capulet met someone who made her doubt true love? What if Wuthering Heights was a message to a time traveller? A cosmic reimagining of Romeo and Juliet and homage to two literary classics in a compelling novel about fate, love and time travel. YEAR: 2083. LOCATION: LONDON. MISSION: WAKE ROMEO. It's the end of the world. Literally. Time travel is possible, but only forwards. And only a handful of families choose to remain in the 'now', living off the scraps that were left behind. Among these are eighteen-year-old Juliet and the love of her life, Romeo. But things are far from rosy for Jules. Romeo is in a coma and she's estranged from her friends and family, dealing with the very real fallout of their wild romance. Then a handsome time traveller, Ellis, arrives with an important mission that makes Jules question everything she knows about life and love. Can Jules wake Romeo and rewrite her future? A highly original mashup that delights as it disorients ... and asks what would have happened if two great literary love stories were somehow intertwined. |
Target audience note |
15-18 years old. |
Reading Program Note |
Premier's Reading Challenge 9+. |
Subjects |
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. -- Romeo and Juliet -- Adaptations -- Juvenile fiction |
Bronte, Emily, -- 1818-1848. -- Wuthering Heights -- Adaptations -- Juvenile fiction |
Time travel -- Juvenile fiction |
Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction |
Coma -- Patients -- Juvenile fiction |
Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction |
Love -- Juvenile fiction |
Youth fiction |
Premier's Reading Challenge 9+ |
Genre |
Science fiction |
Time-travel fiction |
Romance fiction |
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