![]() ![]() Woodson was recently named the Young People’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. 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. Jacqueline Woodson (is the 2014 National Book Award Winner for her New York Times bestselling memoir BROWN GIRL DREAMING, which was also a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor Award, the NAACP Image Award and the Sibert Honor Award. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. In If You Come Softly, she delivers a powerful story of interracial love that leaves readers wondering "why" and "if only." 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). Their worlds are so different, but to them that's not what matters. ![]() In one frozen moment their eyes lock and after that they know they fit together - even though she's Jewish and he's black. So it's a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. But now he's going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. ![]()
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