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Summary: I loved this book
Review: this is a good book, it does start out slow but even slow it was good ms.Woodson, makes you feel like you know the people in the book I would read it agine, any time I haven't read any other books of Ms.Woodson so I hope the rest of her book are as good as this one trust me every teen should read this book
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Summary: What is LOVE?
Review: For all of you avid romance readers out there, I think Woodson summed up the answer to the question in her simple, yet deep words, towards the end of her novel IF YOU COME SOFTLY.
"I think only once in your life do you find someone that you say, "hey, this is the person I want to spend the rest of my time on this earth with." And if you miss it, or walk away from it, or even, maybe, blink--its gone."These beautiful words of wisdom, Woodson gave, is just a couple of lines in her beautful and touching novel. Basically, to sum up the story for all of you have not read it, its about an interacial teenage relationship. However, beneath this provacative theme, Woodson also tries to address many other issues, teens these days face, which any reader can relate to. She deals with family problems, identity problems, and most amazing of all, she raises the question of what love truly is, and answers it in such a simple and magical way. Simple things she says, about how for example, When the boy character states,
"But I was sitting next to her in class today-and i dont know- I felt like we...like we should always be next to eachother." For all of you hopless romantics out there like me, this book is what we have been waiting for. Its compelling, beliveable, and realistic...
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Summary: Read this book! You will love it!
Review: Jacquline Woodson wrote this book so beautifully. She uses things that no one mentions to construct a story that is so deep and heartfelt. This book was one of the best love stories that I have ever read and it has a lesson to be learned throughout the book. Many of us need to read this book to understand the perspective of others. The way the author touched the subject of rasism with love and death puts a spin onto the book. No matter how many times I read this book it sinks into my mind more and more. I love every word and detail of the story. Every time I read this story I cry. I can easily put myself into the story and watch the main characters future and past open in front of me. This is a book not only for young adults, but for everyone, because everyone needs to rethink their perspective on things. That is exactly what this book makes you do.
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Summary: Compelling and Heartbreaking
Review: Jeremiah and Ellie are both minorities in their high schools; he is African-American, she is Jewish. Their home lives are falling apart: his father and mother live in separate houses, forcing him to take sides. Her parents are still together, but their relationship is strained, and Ellie is always afraid that her mother will leave the family again--as she has done several times.
Jeremiah and Ellie fall quickly in love, and the hours they spend together, just talking, are delicately and deftly portrayed by author Woodson. This is no typical teenage romance novel; Jeremiah and Ellie are not typical teenagers in a deep state of "like." They seem to have a genuine love for one another, a spiritual connection that transcends all of their differences.
Jeremiah's violent death at the end of the book is a shock, but Woodson handles Ellie's grief with her usual graceful touch. The author is not afraid to explore the idea of pain and healing, and that is ultimately what the book is about.
This is a compelling, heartbreaking read; a little too heartbreaking for many, but a vibrant, emotional read for those who want to read about the true power of love.
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Summary: This is my favorite Book
Review: This book is definatly a must read. It's treading in dangerous water for some people, because they don't believe in interracial dating. But I do believe in it, and I do realize that this book is probably ne of the best books I've ever read in my whole life span, which is 15 years. It explains to people from both sides of the relationship, the black side and the white side, and you get to know the characters. When I first got the book, I knew what was going to happen in the end. NO one had told me, but I realized it as I got deeper into the story. This book is well written, and it should be a required read for high school students.
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Summary: A good,but sad book
Review: This was a very good book about a couple(a black boy and a white girl).They were not going to let anyone make then feel bad about being together or let anyone stop them from being together.They loved each other and understood one another.But.....in the end something very sad and unsuspecting happens.
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Summary: If you come softly
Review: I rate this book a five beacause it is one of the best book that I have ever read. There are a alot of book out there at are okay but I really liked this becuase it was real. There is still hate in this world today and this book show that. Because I am in a school that it happenes everyday. This book was a very good book, my friend bought it or me and every since I read the first page I couldn't put it down and I promise it is the truth that I couldn't put it down. I was even reading it in class, and for me i really don't do that but the book was tight. and the the ending was bomb even though it was sad. But the way she wrote is like a movie I was reading the pages and I could picture it in my mind. It was so good. AND I REALLY THINK THAT IS SHOULD BE A MOVIE FOR REAL THIS SHOULD BE A MOIVE.
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Summary: How to Deal With Parents' Disapproval
Review: If You Come to Me Softly in my own point of view is a great book. This book has to do with a Jewish girl who goes to another school and meets this boy but the only problem is that the boy is African American and she cannot break it to her parents. I enjoyed this book because it has to do with one of the problems teenagers go through nowadays which is that if you love someone parents usally would love the special person to be the same culture as you, and they are very disappointed when they're not. Mainly this book is realistic and that's the main part I like about it. You should really read it.
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Summary: This book was exceptional!
Review: I really did enjoy reading this book. I felt Jacqueline Woodson was descriptive with everything she wrote, it was if I was in Ellie or Miah's shoes. It was such a sensitive topic and she explored it at two teenage perspectives without even being negative. She deserves 'props' for that. The end wasn't exactly typical. I don't mean to hint but we'll just say it was tragic. This book for the most part was great, Jacqueline has some potential and I'm glad it didn't go unoticed, she deserves every one of her awards.
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Summary: Multicultural Families in 2001
Review: This is a book dealing with multicultural issues in the new century. The book is a love story between two high school students. Most of the setting takes place in the high school where they meet as new students. Miah is starting out as an individual, instead of the son of an author and a moviemaker. Ellie is also adjusting to the changes of a new school, a private school that her parents are now able to afford. Together as a couple they face the challenges that inter-racial couples face. The story has a good start...and a sudden, suprising ending.
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