If You Come Softly: Twentieth Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Woodson, Jacqueline (Author) |
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ISBN: 0525515488 ISBN-13: 9780525515487 Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Young Adult Fiction | Romance - Contemporary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 12-17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 7-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 570 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.8" W x 8.4" L (0.68 lbs) 192 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Ikids, Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 25181 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
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Publisher Description: A lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of The Hate U Give, by National Ambassador for Children's Literature Jacqueline Woodson--now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, and including a new preface by the author Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he's going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. So it's a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. In one frozen moment their eyes lock, and after that they know they fit together--even though she's Jewish and he's black. Their worlds are so different, but to them that's not what matters. Too bad the rest of the world has to get in their way. Jacqueline Woodson's work has been called "moving and resonant" (Wall Street Journal) and "gorgeous" (Vanity Fair). If You Come Softly is a powerful story of interracial love that leaves readers wondering why and if only . . . |
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