Romeo and Juliet: No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels (No Fear Shakespeare Illustrated) Paperback – September 1, 2020

This graphic novelization of Shakespeare's most famous -- but maybe not his best -- play absolutely stunned me. I've already read the play twice and seen I-don't-know-how-many recreations on stage, in film, and on television, and so I confess my expectations for this newer interpretation were quite low. What fresh air could a graphic novel possibly breathe into a story so common it's become a cliche? You'll be surprised. Or at least I was.For one thing, the artwork is fabulous: beautiful, inventive, playful, modern. For another, the novel uses modified English that communicates Shakespeare's themes clearly but doesn't water them down. This version of the play will be an exciting tool in my classroom -- already I wish I had bought thirty copies instead of just one -- but more than that, it is a piece of art in itself. When I hit the last page, when the Capulets and the Montagues finally reconciled their age-old rivalry, I felt my eyeballs burn with tears, as though I were reading Romeo & Juliet for the first time. It's that good. Highly recommended, even if you're not an English teacher who, like me, is just looking for stuff to help him teach the play for the first time.

Such a cool way to read Romeo and Juliet if you have a teen. Kind of like a comic book.

My 9th graders like reading the graphic novel - especially the boys. When boys pick up a book to read, that's a review in itself! The graphics and storyline are a great supplement to Shakespeare's play especially for your struggling / ESL readers.

I like that it is a modern telling of the story but miss having the original in it as well.

This book was wonderful in helping me understand all of the nuances of To.eo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare

How much do I wish this series had been around when I was reading Shakespeare in Middle and High School??!Instead of dumbing the text down into modern English, this graphic novel reworks the original text into a comic. Simply brilliant.

I bought 4 volumes to supplement a class set that I had. Unfortunately pages 60-61 were missing. So none of the page numbers match the other volumes I have. This is a big deal because when I ask the students questions, I always give them page numbers where the answer is located. Now the page numbers are incorrect for the students who have these books.

These books are great. I keep them on hand to help students who might struggle with the reading of R&J.