It’s not that youth aren’t reading these days: You could argue they’re reading more than ever before, be it Twilight, The Hunger Games or any number of other popular young-adult series. Well, publishers are now throwing new covers on the top of old classics in the hopes of inspiring teens to read them, too. A new Penguin edition of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet features a tank-top-wearing Romeo with stubble on his chin. A Harper Collins version of Wuthering Heights features a red rose against a stark black background (sound familiar?) and trumpets on the cover of “Bella and Edward’s favorite book.” The more Victorian-themed covers on many of these works, publishers say, don’t really convey how young, adventurous and rebellious these classic characters really were; but while some bookstores report the new classics are selling reasonably well, other owners are a bit more cynical. “If kids want to read Emma, they want to buy it in the adult section, not the teen section,” says San Francisco bookstore owner Elaine Petrocelli. “Kids don’t want to feel they’re being manipulated.” (New York Times)