Crushing on a Capulet: Romeo & Juliet

Cracked Classics #6

by Tony Abbott

Frankie and Devin never expected to become Shakespeare experts until they are launched into "Romeo and Juliet," but this time, instead of just doing well on their assignment, they learn a hard lesson about love and sacrifice.

Genres: Romance, Fantasy, Fiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Tony Abbott (born 1952) is an American author of children's books. His most popular work is the book series The Secrets of Droon, which includes over 40 books. He has sold over 12 million copies of his books and they have been translated into several other languages, including Italian, Spanish, Korean, French, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, and Russian. He has also written the bestseller Firegirl.

Abbott was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1952. His father was a university professor and had an extensive library of books which became one of Abbott's first sources of literature. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Connecticut where he went through elementary school and high school.

Abbott attended the University of Connecticut, and after studying both music and psychology, decided to study English and graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He attended the workshops of Patricia Reilly Giff to further develop his writing after college.

Abbott currently lives in Trumbull, Connecticut, with his wife, two daughters, and two dogs. Tony had one brother and two sisters.

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

The sixth and final Cracked Classics, Crushing on a Capulet, is based on Romeo and Juliet. Devin and Frankie fall into Verona and try their best to give the tragedy a happy ending. As with all the Cracked Classics, this one is super fun and gives middle grade kids the chance to learn the story without having to dive right in to the difficult language of Shakespeare. My 11- and 13-year-old sons enjoyed it a lot (as did I). I highly recommend Crushing on a Capulet (and all the Cracked Classics; you can read them in any order).

[Debesuota · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bu kitapta karakterler diğer kitaplara göre farklı bir yol izlese de yine de bana aynıymış gibi geldi. Romeo & Juliet'i işleyişlerini falan beğensem de Klasiklere dahil olan ana karakterlerin buradaki varlıkları diğer kitaplardan daha mantıksız ilerledi bana göre. Yine de hoş bir kitaptı.
Seri genel olarak iyiydi. İlk üç kitabı çok beğenmiştim. Diğer üç kitap ise "eh"ti. Ayrıca her kitapta ayrı bir cinsiyet karşamasının amacını da hala anlayamadım ki pek anlaşılabilir değil.
Klasikleri daha az sıkıcı bir şekilde tanıtan seriyi sevdim genel olarak.

[Abbey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Certainly more interesting and humorous than Cliff's Notes, and the self-referential digs are hilarious.

[Tracy]

Just didn’t have the patience for this one at this time. But then Romeo and Juliet has never been a favorite of mine. DNF at about 25%. November 2019.

[Yaoyao Pei · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was pretty cool how the kids went inside to story.

[Ann Han · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked it!!!

[Nelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

In English version...

[Lily · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 stars

Romeo & Juliet is just a weird play for me. I don't understand why they both had to die. This one was just okay in the series.

[Jennifer Norris · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 ⭐️