Books in the White Wolves: Shakespeare Retellings series

Contains five literacy lesson plans and five photocopiable activities for each of the three graded story books in the Year 5 and 6 strands. The activities are designed for guided reading sessions in schools, in which each class is divided into groups of children with a comparable level of reading experience.

Balthasar - Baz - a Montague mob foot soldier and Romeo's right hand man - narrates the tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet. The story unfolds on a Nottingham estate, where trouble is brewing between the Montague Mob and the Capulet Crew. A modern retelling of one of Shakespeare's key plays, but there are still no happy endings...