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If You Come Softly - Jacqueline Woodson
If You Come Softly
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Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he's going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. So it's a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. In one frozen... show more
Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he's going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. So it's a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. In one frozen moment their eyes lock and after that they know they fit together -- even though she's Jewish and he's black. Their worlds are so different, but to them that's not what matters. Too bad the rest of the world has to get in their way. Reviewers have called Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson's work "exceptional" (Publishers Weekly) and "wrenchingly honest" (School Library Journal), and have said "it offers a perspective on racism and elitism rarely found in fiction for this age group" (Publishers Weekly). In If You Come Softly, she delivers a powerful story of interracial love that leaves readers wondering "why" and "if only...."
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780399231124 (0399231129)
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Series: If You Come Softly (#1)
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Confuzzled Books
Confuzzled Books rated it
4.0 Love Affair With Sadness
Miah, a black boy, starting a new school runs into Ellie, a Jewish white girl. They feel connected and start a relationship. They keep their relationship a secret because they know their parents will not understand because of their different color. Their future seems bright and hopeful until one da...
Poisoning with words
Poisoning with words rated it
0.0 If You Come Softly
Jeremiah es tiroteado y muere, y Ellie ahora tiene que lidiar con las consecuencias.Mmmm... suena como un libro alegre.Me dijeron que es muy bueno, así que voy a arriesgarme a pesar de esa sinopsis
TsalagiWriter
TsalagiWriter rated it
Jeremiah is a smart young black man who attends the school Percy. One day Jeremiah bumps into a new student named Ellie, who is a white girl. Ellie and Jeremiah were instantly attracted to one another and couldn't stop thinking of each other since that day. Ellie and Jeremiah eventually become frien...
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