![]() Jacqueline Woodson (is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and she received the 2018 Children's Literature Legacy Award. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. ![]() 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. Jacqueline Woodson's work has been called “moving and resonant” ( Wall Street Journal) and “gorgeous” ( Vanity Fair). 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. ![]() Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature A lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of The Hate U Give, by National Ambassador for Children’s Literature Jacqueline Woodson ![]()
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