{"product_id":"if-you-come-softly-9780525515487","title":"If You Come Softly","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of TIME MAGAZINE’s 100 Best YA Books of All Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Woodson infuses their romance with the emotional urgency that defines her work and a prescient sense of social justice.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIME MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \"Once again, Woodson handles delicate,  even explosive subject matter with exceptional clarity, surety and  depth. In this contemporary story about an interracial romance, she  seems to slip effortlessly into the skins of both her main characters. . . . Both  voices convincingly describe the couple's love-at-first-sight meeting  and the gradual building of their trust. The intensity of their emotions  will make hearts flutter, then ache as evidence mounts that Ellie's and  Jeremiah's 'perfect' love exists in a deeply flawed society. Even as  Woodson's lyrical prose draws the audience into the tenderness of young  love, her perceptive comments about race and racism will strike a chord  with black readers and open the eyes of white readers.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Woodson offers readers a poetically conceived novel of young love, permeated with complications of family dynamics, racism, and violence. . . . Woodson unerringly limns the delicate intensity and passionate innocence of first love. . . . The two points of view effectively communicate the loneliness of the two sensitive teenagers and their breathless delight in discovering one another. Characterization is solid and well-developed as both parents and frirends focus into reality through the eyes of Miah and Ellie. Their conversations ever so gently open up issues of racism, self-awareness, and moral consciousness.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Woodson perceptively explores varieties of love, trust, and friendship, as she develops well-articulated histories for both families. . . . A tale as rich in social and personal insight as any of Woodson's previous books.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lyrical narrative. . . . This fine author once again shows her gift for penning a novel that will ring true with young adults as it makes subtle comments on social situations.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As in all her fiction, Woodson confronts prejudice head-on.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gracefully told.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKLIATT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Nancy Paulsen Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525481308503,"sku":"9780525515487","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780525515487.jpg?v=1731860683","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/if-you-come-softly-9780525515487","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}