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Romeo Blue
By STONE, Phoebe
- ISBN
- 978-0-545-44360-9 978-0-545-52070-6
- Publisher
- Scholastic Arthur A. Levine
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2013 | Grades 5-up
Gr 5–7—This sequel to The Romeo and Juliet Code (Scholastic, 2011) can stand alone as a great World War II story. Felicity B. Bathburn longs for the safety and security of her own home. It's been almost two years since she left London to stay with her grandmother in the rambling house on the coast of Maine. She holds onto memories of her mother and creates conversations and letters in her mind that she would send if only she knew an address. Her American family has secrets of its own...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on June 1, 2013
Romeo Blue is the best sort of sequel: one you didn't know you wanted but are ever so grateful to have. Its predecessor, The Romeo and Juliet Code (rev. 3/11), ended with British ex-pat Flissy content in sleepy Bottlebay, Maine, with the Bathburns -- matriarch The Gram; flighty and sweet Aunt Miami; hunky young Derek; and Uncle Gideon, whom she learned is her father. It's now 1942, the Coast Guard is patrolling for U-boats, and there's still no word from Winnie (her moth...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
