If You Come Softly
1998 • 192 pages

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After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then try to cope with peoples' reactions.

After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love.


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2 primary books

#1 in If You Come Softly

If You Come Softly is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Jacqueline Woodson.

#1
If You Come Softly
#2
Behind You

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4.5 stars. such a short & sweet yet impactful book. a lil too insta-lovey for me but still def recommend!!

February 18, 2020