Summary:
The book street love, by Walter dean Myers is based on the story Romeo and Juliet. But in this story, it's about Damien and Junice. Junice has a hard life. Her mom's in jail, Mrs Ruby(her grandmother.) is loosing her mind, she has to take care of her sister Melissa who is 10 years old, and they barley have money.
Damien has a decent life, he has a well rounded family, he got a scholarship to a collage, and they have an okay amount of money. Then somehow Damien and Junice fall into a deep, passionate love.
They can't be without each other. But Junice's life keeps getting harder. Her and her sister are going to get taken away from Mrs. Ruby because they don't think she can take care of them. (because she's going crazy.) They will have to go to a foster home.. Junice doesn't like this idea; so she packs her stuff, and her sister, and they go to a train station to go to Tennessee
Damien had no idea where she was or where she was going until his friend Kevin told him. Damien went after Junice, and found her. They ended up both going to Tennesse, and might get married later on.
Connection:
A connection i have with this book is i liked this boy once, and felt like he could make my problems go away; and always make me feel better. Like how Junice felt about Damien, and how she relied on him.
Reaction: My reaction to when Damien went after Junice when she was leaving for Tennesse was wow. I couldn't believe he would do something like that for her, i thought it was so sweet.
By: Ariel