Romeo and Juliet

<b>With a foreword by Jennifer Niven, author of<i> All the Bright Places</i> and<i> Breathless</i></b><br><p><br><i>'For never was a story of more woe<br> Than this of Juliet and her Romeo'</i> <p>A bloody feud. A tangled love. A senseless tragedy that brings two families to their knees. <p> After a chance meeting at a ball, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall desperately in love. But their families are locked in a bitter rivalry, their love forbidden. Worse still, Juliet's family already expect her to marry her suitor, Count Paris. <p>Determined to save their love, Romeo and Juliet wed in secret. But when a fight erupts that leaves Montagues and Capulets dead, Romeo is banished from Verona, forcing Juliet to take desperate measures that spell tragedy for the star-crossed lovers. <p><i>Romeo and Juliet</i> is Shakespeare's masterclass in tales of love and loss, and the origin of the lovestruck, star-crossed lovers. <p><b>Discover STAGED, a limited collection of Shakespeare's unabridged plays that celebrates the genius of the Bard and the tropes that continue to delight YA readers to this day.</b> <p><b>Explore the rest of the STAGED collection: </b><br><i>As You Like It</i> - With a foreword by Talia Hibbert<br><i>Hamlet</i> - With a foreword by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé<br><i>Macbeth</i> - With a foreword by Kat Delacorte<br><i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i> - With a foreword by Becky Albertalli<br><i>Much Ado About Nothing</i> - With a foreword by Holly Bourne</p>