White Ravens’99/Great Britain/75740
Barlow, Steve
 Skidmore, Steve
 Dream on!
 London: Picadilly, 1998. 141pp
 ISBN 1-85340-408-X (paperback)
 Dream - Romance - School drama - Romeo and Juliet - Growing up 
 Charlotte spends her school-days day-dreaming of high-flung romantic scenes with a handsome but
 unattainable boy in her class. Her dream is partly fulfilled when, as the understudy for an injured „Juliet“,
 she steps into the leading role of Shakespeare’s play. Acting opposite her dream-man Romeo she gives a
 smashing performance. But, alas, she wins neither the leading man nor her second choice. The story’s
 appropriately ambiguous ending is a humorous admission of teenage fickleness. The irony of the
 non-parallel plots of play and real-life, and the familiar behavior of parents, brother and best friends
 contribute to the realism of this very entertaining comedy-of-errors novel. (12+)

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