If You Come Softly
by Jacqueline Woodson

"I couldn’t stop looking at him, at his smile and his hair. I had never seen locks up close. His were thick and black and spiraling down over his shoulders. I wanted to touch them, to touch his face. I wanted to hear him say his name again. For a moment we stared at each other . . . "

For Ellie and Jeremiah, it is love at first sight. Though they come from different backgrounds, both are estranged from their families. They become the perfect couple, but there is a complication: Ellie is Jewish and Jeremiah is black.

“Woodson handles delicate, even explosive subject matter with exceptional clarity, surety and depth.”-Publishers Weekly

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