Authors Kim Askew and Amy Helmes are excited to offer a sneak peak at the third book in their “Twisted Lit” series of Shakespeare-inspired YA novels. This time around, they’ve put their unique spin on Romeo & Juliet. Published by Merit Press, Anyone But You will be released in January, and is currently available for pre-order at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and Powell’s.
Two Italian restaurants, both alike in dignity, in Chicago’s Little Italy where we lay our scene... After
her family’s struggling eatery, Cap’s, falls prey to another of the
Monte clan’s vicious and destructive pranks, sixteen-year-old Gigi
Caputo finds herself courting danger during a clandestine encounter with
Roman Monte, the very boy whose relatives have brought her family such
grief. When the daughter and son of these two warring factions fall for
each other, their quest to mend this bitter family feud turns out to be a
recipe for disaster. Their story is irrevocably linked to the summer of
1933, when two twelve-year-olds, Benny and Nick, hop the turnstile at
the Chicago World’s Fair. While enjoying some of the fair’s legendary
amusements, Nick has a “love at first sight” encounter with Stella, a
young girl who unintentionally causes a lasting rift between the two
boyhood pals. Deftly winding its way through past and present day, this
modern take on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet has much to do with hate — but more with love.
I really loved the first two books in the Twisted Lit series, so I'm really looking forward to the next! Kim and Amy do an excellent job of modernizing Shakespeare stories, geared toward a young adult audience. I can't wait!
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