Behind You

By Woodson, Jacqueline

Publishers Summary:
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.

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ISBN
978-0-39923-988-5
Publisher
Putnam


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Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on May 1, 2004

"When you die, you turn away from the world you've always known and begin the long, slow walk into the next place. And behind you—everyone you left is taking a step deeper into their new world. The world they're learning to live in without you." That's Miah (short for Jeremiah) talking, the black teen shockingly killed by police in a case of mistaken identity at the end of Woodson's If You Come Softly. With this sequel, it's as if Woodson couldn't bear to leave her characters without seeing them through the tragedy's aftermath. The chapters alternate pers...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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