Books like Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin
Pamela L. Laskin’s novel in verse reimagines Shakespeare’s classic for a contemporary audience, placing the star‑crossed lovers Ronit and Jamil in the modern Israel‑Palestine conflict. Ronit lives on one side of a concrete fence, while Jamil resides on the other. Though separated by distance and generations of hostilities, their fathers maintain a distrustful yet mutually beneficial business partnership that brings the two teens together. Their clandestine romance blurs the lines between family duty and personal longing, forcing them to choose between love and survival in a world where boundaries and hatred are ever present.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Pamela L. Laskin
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