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Dream On

Dream On

by Steve Barlow (Author), Steve Skidmore (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 2009

    $6.25

  • Used

    Paperback 1998

    $4.96
Synopsis

The school play is ROMEO AND JULIET, Charlie is desperate for a glamorous part but only gets the role of the middle aged nurse. Meanwhile the beautiful Deborah is Juliet and Charlie's heart-throb Garth is Romeo. Could life get any worse...? Combines a funny and contemporary teenage story with a very imaginative analysis of the Romeo and Juliet story. This is a witty, warm, realistic story that will appeal to teenagers of all types, both sexes, the avid and occasional reader, the intellectual and the future Mills and Boon fan. This excellent, very funny book should be a highly recommended addition to the teenage fiction shelf of any library. Valerie Caless School Library Association

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 144
 Publisher: Barn Owl Books, London
Published: 01 Mar 2009
ISBN 10: 1903015790
ISBN 13: 9781903015797
Book Overview: . Very funny ' A book about teenage angst to appeal to both sexes . the background is the school play, a very familiar scenario . lots of issues around relationships, crushes, families and day dreams . Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet subtly winds through the text.

Author Bio
Steve Barlow was born in Crewe but now lives in Somerset with his wife and cats. After working as a puppeteer, refuse collector and laundry-van driver, he became a teacher of performing arts, before turning to full-time writing. With Steve Skidmore, he formed one of Britain's most popular writing double-acts for young people, and performs regularly in schools and libraries. (If you haven't seen them in action, you definitely should.) To visit the 2 Steves website click here Steve Skidmore lives in Leicester, and for the past eighteen years has worked with Steve Barlow as a duo of performing artists and writers. To date they have written more than eighty books together. They are much in demand, both at home and abroad, for visits to schools, libraries and festivals: their performances have been described as hilarious , entertaining , brilliant and mad . The Two Steves' internationally acclaimed work includes the Lost Diaries series, the Vernon Bright books, Tales of the Dark Forest and the award winning series uniquely combining books and the World Wide Web, OUTERNET.