Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Children's Literature The acclaimed  New York Times  bestselling and National Book Award–winning author of  Brown Girl Dreaming  writes a wonderfully moving love story evocative of  Romeo and Juliet . In this bindup of If You Come Softly and Behind You , Jacqueline Woodson has created two heartbreaking, interconnected tales that beautifully capture the undying power of first love . Sometimes, love outlives us. Miah is black and Ellie is white. But that doesn't matter to them. All they want is to be together. But then, on a tragic evening, Ellie and Miah are separated forever. Now each is trying to figure out how to move on—without the other.