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youngling80 's review for:
If You Come Softly: Twentieth Anniversary Edition
by Jacqueline Woodson
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What a beautiful and heartrending story. The account of two teenagers (a black boy from Brooklyn, and a Jewish girl) who meet at their new private school (which happens to be very white and Gentile)and fall in love. The story alternates perspectives and shares their internal thoughts about the personal struggles they face and those they face from their community and their family in light of their burgeoning relationship.
I am incredibly glad I purchased this for my library. It was beautifully written and emotionally provoking, challenging our snap judgements of others in a necessary way even 20 years after it was first published. Thank you, Ms. Woodson, for this thoughtful piece of literature.
I am incredibly glad I purchased this for my library. It was beautifully written and emotionally provoking, challenging our snap judgements of others in a necessary way even 20 years after it was first published. Thank you, Ms. Woodson, for this thoughtful piece of literature.