Two fifteen year olds, Jeremiah and Ellie, meet at school and immediately feel an attraction between them. Jeremiah, an African American, is the son of a famous movie director and author. Ellie is the daughter of a white, Jewish doctor. Drawn together through shared pain, Jeremiah’s parents are divorced and Ellie’s mother has abandoned her in the past, they recognize a kindred spirit in each other. Even as Jeremiah and Ellie enjoy their developing relationship, the two must face the opposition they feel from family, friends, and outsiders.
I will definitely have this book in my classroom library. I think it talks about a very important issue in American society today. So many people are judgmental of inter-racial relationships when they really have no basis for that opinion. This books could help some of those people realize that color shouldn't always be the first thing you notice, there is much more behind a person's skin.
Woodson, Jacqueline.
If You Come Softly. New York: Putnam's, 1998. Print. ISBN: 0-399-23112-9.
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