![]() ![]() ![]() "Available for purchase at:AmazonBarnes & NobleBooks A MillionHudson BooksellersIndieBoundPowell'sTargetWalmartGoogle Play StoreiBooksKobo - Audiobook (Downloadable format)Audible - Audiobook (Downloadable format)audiobooks. In If You Come Softly, she delivers a powerful story of interracial love that leaves readers wondering "why" and "if only. 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). Too bad the rest of the world has to get in their way. Their worlds are so different, but to them that's not what matters. In one frozen moment their eyes lock, and after that they know they fit together-even though she's Jewish and he's black. So it's a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. But now he's going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. For fans of Angie Thomas and Nic Stone.Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin. Celebrating its twentieth anniversary, New York Times bestelling and National Book Award winning author Jacqueline Woodson's beloved, lyrical story of star-crossed love is as timely as ever. Speak, 17.99 (181pp) ISBN 978-2-4 Once again, Woodson (I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This) handles delicate, even explosive subject. ![]()
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