Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest plays ever wrote...but it's also difficult for some younger readers. This book takes the classic play and retells it for modern readers! This is a novelization of the play that is just for kids.While the integrity of the play is intact, some of the more mature themes have been removed to make the appropriate for younger audiences.KidLit-O's newest series helps introduce younger readers to classic works of literature by retelling them as beginning reader chapter books.