Ed discovers that his best friend Saltz is nursing a secret love for Anabell Stackpoole and gets the rest of the other eighth graders to rewrite and produce their version of Romeo and Juliet. They wangle the leading roles for Saltz and Stackpoole, and let romance run its course. Taken from Amazon.com
I said that the next book was going to be The Death Collector but I found a book that caught my eye when I was returning The Bridesmaid to the shelf. Romeo and Juliet - Together (And Alive!) at Last is a very quick read yet vastly entertaining. The Chapters averaged 3-4 pages at most but the writing kept me wanting to continue. The main character, Ed, is trying to find a way to get his best friend Saltz together with Anna Stackpoole after Saltz admits he has a crush on her. He somehow gets permission from the principal and teachers to put on a shortened version of Romeo and Juliet in just two weeks. I could smell disaster from a mile away when there was such a short time to put on a play. Everything that could go wrong during the actual play goes wrong but all the students still find a way to end the play. Saltz has his own mortal enemy on and off the stage which makes for a good amount of tension. Everything works out in the end even if the original intention of the play does not get worked out. I actually enjoyed this book more than I thought I would and zoomed through it. This would go in my recommendation pile of fun books to read on a vacation.
Next up: The Death Collector by Justin Richards. There is nothing wrong with getting sidetracked before starting a new book by reading a different book in one evening. Right?
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