The author then proceeds to break Ellie and Miah's hearts as well as the hearts of the readers. Ellie and Miah fall in love, readers fall in love with this book. The writing is lyrical, it seems to just flow along. Jeremiah has his own struggles coming to terms with being a black boy (man) in America and his parents being divorced (and living right across the street from each other! Can you say awkwarrrrd?).

'I got used to being alone early on.' Ellie has a hard time letting go of the past, she expects her mother to pack up and leave again and this time not come back. Ellie is the youngest (the 'little accident') the twins are ten years older than she and her two oldest siblings, Marc and Susan were in graduate school when she was born. Marion has left Ellie and the rest of her family twice. Ellie is an awkward, shy fifteen year old who is dealing with some issues besides these new feelings she is having over a boy (a Black boy no less), she is also struggling to trust her mother, Marion. The story is told in alternating points of view Ellie's from the first person and Miah from the third person. They are both tired of the curious and sometimes hostile stares. 'From their first glance to their first words to each other to their first kiss, they could tell you exactly how it happened-in their hearts and in their souls.' (back cover) They are in love, but their families don't seem to understand this love, however most of their friends are supportive. Ellie is white, wealthy (though not born into money) and Jewish, Miah (short for Jeremiah) is black and wealthy (the only son of two famous parents).

Isn't that crazy? How much.you know, how much I love you?' Ellie pg. OL85372W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 86.00 Pages 202 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1606867296 Urn:lcp:ifyoucomesoftly00wood:epub:8bed68b0-c609-47dc-b322-36048dfdba37 Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ) Foldoutcount 0 Identifier ifyoucomesoftly00wood Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t43r1xn5w Isbn 9780399231124Ġ399231129 Lccn 97032212 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL23244501M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:59:11 Bookplateleaf 0003 Boxid IA170501 Boxid_2 CH104601 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor

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