When You Reach Me
By Rebecca Stead
- Release Date: 2009-07-14
- Genre: Family & Relationships in Kids Fiction
Description
"Like A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda's favorite book), When You Reach Me far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of 'life, death, and the beauty of it all.'" —The Washington Post
This Newbery Medal winner that has been called "smart and mesmerizing," (The New York Times) and "superb" (The Wall Street Journal) will appeal to readers of all types, especially those who are looking for a thought-provoking mystery with a mind-blowing twist.
Shortly after a fall-out with her best friend, sixth grader Miranda starts receiving mysterious notes, and she doesn’t know what to do. The notes tell her that she must write a letter—a true story, and that she can’t share her mission with anyone.
It would be easy to ignore the strange messages, except that whoever is leaving them has an uncanny ability to predict the future. If that is the case, then Miranda has a big problem—because the notes tell her that someone is going to die, and she might be too late to stop it.
Winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction
A New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book
Five Starred Reviews
A Junior Library Guild Selection
"Absorbing." —People
"Readers ... are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward." —The Wall Street Journal
"Lovely and almost impossibly clever." —The Philadelphia Inquirer
"It's easy to imagine readers studying Miranda's story as many times as she's read L'Engle's, and spending hours pondering the provocative questions it raises." —Publishers Weekly, Starred review
Reviews
Yeah uh
4By syadmdSo idk. There were a lot of random details about segregation so idk why that’s there. Anyways the book was okay. Marcus…..I like it
5By 💅💅💅💅💅🙊I like it a lot… yeah it’s a good book!THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!
5By notgivingmyrealnamelolI read this book for my reading log in my 6th grade ELA class and it was so good! 10/10 recommend for anyone 9+, it’s my new favorite!Profound
5By nice😌I read this book when I was a kid and it changed my perception of how literature is written . It leaves you questioning life...
5By Tampa Prep StudentI have to read this book for school and so far, it is literally like Tigris; that’s how much twists it has. Amazing book... SO GOOD! 10/10!Great book, terrible ending!!
5By cats rule foreverPLEASE WRITE ANOTHER BOOK IN THIS SERIESI've never read it before
5By Extremedancer44I've never read this before but I bet it's greatWhen You Reach Me
5By dardar1207When You Reach Me is a fantastic book. When I first read it I was confused but everything came together at the end and it just made me want to keep reading like I couldn't stop. I would highly recommend this awesome book. Trust me it's a keeper.Doesn’t fit the book
1By 1246$!(/$&$Very confusing Especially especially if you have to do a project for the book. A lot of unnecessaryCharacter and detailsOk
3By 781827Too easy