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Author:

Woodson, Jacqueline.

Title:

If you come softly ; and Behind you / Jacqueline Woodson.

Edition:

Omnibus ed.

Publisher:

Puffin Books,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

181, 118 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Interracial dating--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Schools--Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
Death--Juvenile fiction.
Grief--Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction.
Family life--New York--New York--Fiction.
Private schools--Fiction.

Other Titles:

Behind you.

Contents:

If you come softly -- Behind you.

Summary:

If you come softly: After meeting at their private school in New York, 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 people's reactions.
Behind you: After fifteen-year-old Jeremiah is mistakenly shot by police, the people who love him struggle to cope with their loss as they recall his life and death, unaware that Miah is watching over them.

ISBN:

0142419184
9780142419182

OCLC:

(OCoLC)663952570

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)