To say this book is well-written is an understatement, and its coming-of-age story will definitely make you enjoy the book, and I am sure this it will linger in your mind long after you have finished it. Even though it is labelled as science- fiction, or mystery, I think this phrase from the novel sums it all up perfectly, and that this book explores the depths of ‘life, death and the beauty of it all.’

The novel jumps around a bit, starting off. She lives in New York City with her mother in 1979. This book amazes me with its perfect balance between fiction and reality, as it contains all the perfect elements of a typical middle grade novel friendships, rivalry, even a bit of romance, but it also contains a je-ne-seis-quoi of sorts, with its air of mystique and suspense that just urges you to turn the page over and find out what happens next.Īnother fascinating thing about this book is its genre. Twelve-year-old Miranda is the protagonist of When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. Her work has been also been awarded the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Start Free Trial Summary Themes Questions & Answers Characters Critical Essays What does Miranda call Julia in chapter 22 of When You Reach Me In chapter 22. With further investigation and occurrences that seem more than a simple coincidence with the cryptic notes, the plot slowly starts unravelling, and Miranda, along with us, discovers an eerily fictitious yet somehow realistic mystery involving her interactions with Marcus, the boy who punched Sal, the laughing man-a homeless person living under a mailbox on Miranda’s street, the book A Wrinkle in Time, and a lot more cleverly added details that make you want to scour this book for clues. Rebecca Stead is the New York Timesbestselling author of When You Reach Me, winner of the Newbery Medal Liar & amp Spy First Light and Goodbye Stranger. For example, when she shows the first note to her mother, the second note tells her not to show them to anyone, which meant that she was alone.

The notes keep on coming, and with increasing weirdness.

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