Jacqueline Woodson
If You Come Softly
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A heartbreaking contemporary romance from a three-time Newbery Honor winning authorJeremiah 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. Reviewers have called Coretta Scott King…
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A heartbreaking contemporary romance from a three-time Newbery Honor winning authorJeremiah 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. Reviewers have called Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson's work exceptional (Publishers Weekly) and wrenchingly honest (School Library Journal), and have said it offers a perspective on racism and elitism rarely found in fiction for this age group (Publishers Weekly). In If You Come Softly, she delivers a powerful story of interracial love that leaves readers wondering why and if only....
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-101-07697-2
- EAN: 9781101076972
- Produktnummer: 18732664
- Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 563 KB
- Sonstiges: Ab 12 J.
Über den Autor
Born on February 12th in Columbus, Ohio, Jacqueline Woodson grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and Brooklyn, New York and graduated from college with a B.A. in English. She now writes full-time and has recently received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults. Her other awards include a Newbery Honor, two Coretta Scott King awards, two National Book Award finalists, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Although she spends most of her time writing, Woodson also enjoys reading the works of emerging writers and encouraging young people to write, spending time with her friends and her family, and sewing. Jacqueline Woodson currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
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