If You Come Softly

A lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of 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. Jacqueline Woodson''s work has been called “moving and resonant” (

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Jacqueline Woodson

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline Woodson, Woodson Jacqueline
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.01.2010
• EAN: 9780142415221
• ISBN: 978-0-14-241522-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs; Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Diversity & Multicultural