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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