if you come softly by jacqueline woodson

The book follows the trials and tribulations foo a young black boy, Jeremiah, as he struggles to cope with his feelings for his fellow classmate, a Jewish girl called Ellie. Woodson is a decorated author, having won both the MacArthur Fellowship and the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2020. If You Come Softly is a teenage novel written by author Jacqueline Woodson and was first published by Penguin Books on 30 September 2013. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. I am so excited to continue on in my Jacqueline Woodson journey.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. I have read lots of books that write around this idea, but I really liked how Woodson managed it in this book. I thought this was such an interesting thematic choice to focus on so explicitly. I particularly loved the way Woodson wrote these characters conflicting desires to hold on to their childhoods and also to grow into their adult selves.

Woodson was absolutely able to wreck my feelings. I cried so much while reading this book, I was worried I wasn't going to cry at about 80% of the way through the book, but I needn't have feared. I went back and forth between the hardcover and the audiobook both experiences were top-notch. The language throughout this book absolutely enchanted me. She shows the internal and external hardships that come with being in an interracial relationship how the pair have to communicate to actually be able to continue their relationship. Woodson doesn't just show the pair when they are delighted with each other. The pair are so wrapped up with each other in such a delightful and all-encompassing way that is so realistically teenage. Woodson does an excellent job so showing the giddiness of young love and how enchanted people can be with each other. The relationship in this book is so tender and gentle. We see them dealing with their family lives, figuring out how to be in an interracial relationship with all the judgment from outside their relationship, and just being giddy with first love. The pair are instantly drawn together, and as soon as proximity allows, they begin spending as much time together as they possibly can. Miah is a fifteen-year-old Black boy, his parents are going through a divorce, and his father is paying for him to switch to a private school. It begins with Elisha, Ellie, a fifteen-year-old Jewish girl who is the last child left in her slightly tense family home she starts a new school and meets Jeremiah. If You Come Softly is a Romeo and Juliet-inspired book. Woodson has been one of those authors I knew I needed to read but just hadn't quite yet I am so glad I picked this book up on a whim.

This was my first Jacqueline Woodson novel, and I am sure it will not be my last.

If you come softly by jacqueline woodson