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Jacqueline Woodson's awards include 3 Newbery Honors, a Coretta Scott King Award and 3 Coretta Scott King Honors, 2 National Book Awards, a Margaret A. Edwards Award and an ALAN Award -- both for Lifetime Achievement in YA Literature. She is the author of more than 2 dozen books for children and young adults and lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to issues of race and relationships, November 21, 1999

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Bakari Chavanu - See all my reviews

This review is from: If You Come Softly (Hardcover)

I've recommened this book for my students to read because I think it provides a love story woven together with much needed insights about race, racism, and personal relationships. Woodson writes about these issues critically without being preachy.

It would be a great to teach this work at the 7-9th grade level, for often students will miss the subtle points the author is making about race and racism.

I look forward to more books like this being written.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The First Book To Ever Make Me Cry, October 5, 2000

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brittany (Memphis, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If You Come Softly (Paperback)

If You Come Softly has to be the best book I have ever read. I am a freshman in high school. I was the first person in my class to read it. This book really touched me. A lot of my friends say that they are in love but after reading this book they changed their minds. Miah and Ellie really LOVED each other. I don't think that I will ever find love like that. There is someone out there for everyone they just happened to be of a different race. I think this book should be required for freshman in high school to read. They would really enjoy it. I know I did!

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4.0 out of 5 stars What a wonderful book!, July 19, 2000

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Julie Gillespie - See all my reviews

This review is from: If You Come Softly (Paperback)

I read about this book in an article. So i decided to check it out. Well i thought the book was so wonderful and enlighting. You got envolved with the characters and there story line. For all you who love tear-jerkers this book has it,but thats not what the book is about. It really opened my mind and made me see things a little different.No matter what race you are it will make u think a little different. The main theme is a girl whos white and jewish and a boy who black. They run with a momnet and end up falling in love. I think everyone will love this book.

Its hard to put it down once you get going. I really enjoyed reading this and i think u will too. It really touched me!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Woodson's brilliance
I've been a huge fan of Jacqueline Woodson every since I discovered a slim, sweet book titled The Notebooks of Melanin Sun. Read more

Published 3 months ago by csperryess

5.0 out of 5 stars Exellent story for teens.
For synopsis see above.

Just found a journal I kept back in 2002 for books that I read! In it I wrote

IF YOU COME SOFTLY wss about an interracial... Read more

Published 11 months ago by Lori Katz

4.0 out of 5 stars Tender, touching and full of teen angst
This book is another winner by Jacqueline Woodson, who seems very in-tune with her inner teen. It is especially timely as it covers a wide range of current kinds of teen issues... Read more

Published on July 12, 2009 by S. Campbell

5.0 out of 5 stars If you come softly
If you come softly is one of the most amazing books I've ever read. It deals with everything from race to relationships between blacks and jews, lesbians being racist, racial... Read more

Published on December 18, 2008 by C. V. Mancilla

5.0 out of 5 stars Jessie's book review
If You Come Softly

If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson is about a white Jewish girl, Ellie, and a black boy, Jeremiah. They fall in love with each other. Read more

Published on May 1, 2008

1.0 out of 5 stars BOOOOORRRRRIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
This has got to be one of the worst books I have ever read! I realize the the message that this book is trying to convey, but come on! Read more

Published on April 20, 2008 by M. Olsen

4.0 out of 5 stars Black Boy, White Girl
Jeremiah Roselind is an intelligent black teenage boy who has to attend a fancy prep school. He bumps into Ellie Eisen, a white girl, in the hallway, and they are immediately... Read more

Published on February 15, 2008 by Katrina L. Burchett

5.0 out of 5 stars why is this book in the sexual abuse section?
It is not about sexual abuse/rape. I don't think there's even a mention of it.

Anyway, I read this when I was about 13 and liked it a lot. Read more

Published on July 21, 2007 by Amanda Vivian

5.0 out of 5 stars If You Come Softly
In this book there's a teenage girl named Ellie who falls in love with a another boy her age,named Jeremiah. Read more

Published on May 7, 2007

3.0 out of 5 stars The Ending
On her very first day at the prestigious Percy Academy, Ellie bumps into another student and drops her books all over the floor. Read more

Published on March 21, 2007 by A. Luciano

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Central Park, Lois Ann, Percy Academy, Fifth Avenue, Fort Greene, Norman Roselind, Jeremiah Roselind, New York Times, San Francisco

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