If You Come Softly
Categories: Literature & Fiction
If You Come Softly is a young adult novel by Jacqueline Woodson about a love story between two fifteen-year-olds in New York City. Ellie, who is Jewish and white, and Jeremiah, who is Black, meet at a private school in Manhattan and fall in love. Their families and the people around them react in different ways, and they face prejudice from the world around them. Woodson tells the story in alternating voices, exploring race, family and first love.
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- John Green: “Woodson is one of my favorite writers and If You Come Softly is one of my favorite books.”