If you come softly is a powerful story of interracial love that leaves readers wondering why and if only about the author jacqueline woodson wwwjacquelinewoodsoncom is the recipient of a 2020 macarthur fellowship the 2020 hans christian andersen award the 2018 astrid lindgren memorial award and the 2018 childrens literature legacy award. If you come softly jacqueline woodson if you come softly 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 theyre an interracial couple. If you come softly by jacqueline woodson available in hardcover on powellscom also read synopsis and reviews after meeting at their private school in new york fifteen year old jeremiah who is black and whose. Isbn 0399231129 edit your search results 1 28 of 28 sort by author artist a z author artist z a highest price lowest price lowest total price most recently listed relevance seller rating title a z title z a year of publication ascending year of publication descending stock image if you come softly. Fifteen year old jeremiah who is black and whose parents are separated and ellie who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her fall in love and then try to cope with peoples reactions isbn 9780525518730 penguincom version 1 the tide and the poem if you come softly by audre lorde are from