If you come softly - jacqueline woodson

A new love is special and rare, but the world around Ellie and Miah doesnt see it like that.

All they see is race: Miah is black and Ellie is Jewish.

Will their love survive? An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.

A BCCB Blue Ribbon Book.

A lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of The Hate U Give , by National Ambassador for Childrens Literature Jacqueline Woodson Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin.

That is, when hes in his own Brooklyn neighborhood.

But now hes going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys dont exactly fit in there.

So its 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 shes Jewish and hes black.

Their worlds are so different, but to them thats not what matters.

Too bad the rest of the world has to get in their way.

Jacqueline Woodsons work has been called moving and resonant ( Wall Street Journal ) and gorgeous ( Vanity Fair ).

Now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, and including a new preface by the author, If You Come Softly is a powerful story of interracial love that leaves readers wondering why and if only .