Reviews

Delaney's review: For our lit circles this year we read the book called __If You Come Softly__, by Jacqueline Woodson. This book is about a girl named Elisha or Ellie who is Jewish, she likes this boy named Jerimiah who is African American. They get together as boyfriend and girlfriend. They are always spending time together and hanging out with each other. Towards the end of the book Jerimiah or Miah as he likes to be called, is outside and feels something that is breath taking. It turns out he ends up getting shot. My opinion about this book was that it was a good book, but it felt like it dragged on a little too much. The end shocked me a lot, Miah being killed. Over all it was a pretty good book and I liked it.

Michelle's review: __If you come softly__, is a book about a girl named Ellie and a boy named Jerimiah who both just moved to a new school. Ellie and Jerimiah soon fall in love. But for them this is a problem. Ellie and Jerimiah are from two different races and no one thinks they should be together. The ending was hard to follow but if you read carefully, you can tell that Jerimiah was killed. The book doesn't say who killed him or why. Over all the book was hard to follow and carelessly written. The plot was good but poorly put together and it seemed like the writer was in a hurry when she wrote the ending.