By: Jacqueline Woodson
If You Come Softly is about Jeremiah who is fifteen and black and Ellie who is fifteen and white. They meet at a private school and fall in love and then have to deal with how society treats them because they’re an interracial couple. It was inspired by a poem by Audre Lorde that begins:
If you come softly
as the wind within the trees
you may hear what I hear
see what sorrow sees.
Great read that gives poetry to love and life. An all too familiar tale in our society today, but a truly amazing story.
Mahogany Rose Girl 