All they did was look at each other and Jeremiah and Ellie knew they wanted to spend the rest of their lives together. They don’t care that Jeremiah (Miah) is black and Ellie is white and Jewish. All they care about is their love for each other. The story takes place in New York City, where the two 15-year-olds meet at a private high school.

You really feel the thrill of true love but also the difficulty of the situation.

True love, first love, first crush, unfaithful friends, difficult parents can ALL be difficult. Ask He Says, She Says for help!

The book is set up so that each chapter is from one of their points of view. This really lets the reader go through the same story with two different experiences. Considering how different they are, it's amazing how they click together immediately. In one of Ellie's chapters she says, Once I asked Miah if he ever forgot he was black. "No. I never forget," he said. "But sometimes it doesn't matter -- like I just am." Then he asked me if I ever forgot I was white. "Sometimes," I said. "And when you're forgetting, what color are you?" "No color." Ellie knows that this is a privilege she has from being white that Miah will never enjoy.

You really feel the thrill of true love but also the difficulty of the situation. When I used to dream about that somebody, they never had a face. It was more like a feeling. I didn't know it would be like this -- this good and this hard. The pair know the challenges of being together and faces the varying opinions of their family, friends and even strangers.

Like the old women in the park who see a black boy walking with a white girl and asks Ellie if she's OK. But Ellie and Miah have no choice but to believe that their love can overcome all these obstacles.

It made me cry but it's really good so I still recommend it to everyone.

And prejudice isn't the only hard thing they have to deal with. They help each other grow and face difficult family situations like Ellie's distant relationship with her mother and the dissolving marriage of Miah's parents. Sadly, the story takes a sharp turn and it only gets harder.

If you come as softly as the wind within the trees, you may hear what I hear, see what sorrow sees.

I think this book teaches a great lesson. It’s about love and finding someone you love. It’s also about losing someone you love. It made me cry but it's really good so I still recommend it to everyone who believes in true love.

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