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When You Reach Me

Written by: Rebecca Stead
Narrated by: Cynthia Holloway
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 "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
A PARADE Best Kids Book of All Time
A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of the Century

"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

©2009 Rebecca Stead; (P)2009 Random House Family Life Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Mysteries Mystery & Suspsense Social & Life Skills

Critic Reviews

Winner of the Newbery Medal
A Junior Library Guild Selection
An ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book
An ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults
A best book of the year:
Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Booklist, Indies Choice
Named to Multiple State Award Lists
Five starred reviews


★ "[W]hen all the sidewalk characters from Miranda's Manhattan world converge amid mind-blowing revelations and cunning details, teen readers will circle back to the beginning and say,'Wow ... cool.'" —Kirkus Reviews, Starred review

★ "[T]he mental gymnastics required of readers are invigorating; and the characters, children, and adults are honest bits of humanity no matter in what place or time their souls rest." —Booklist, Starred review

★ "Closing revelations are startling and satisfying but quietly made, their reverberations giving plenty of impetus for the reader to go back to the beginning and catch what was missed." —The Horn Book Magazine, Starred review

★ "This unusual, thought-provoking mystery will appeal to several types of readers." —School Library Journal, Starred review

★ "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

[T]he believable characters and unexpected ending invite readers to ponder the extraordinary that underlies the ordinary in this fictional world and in their own.” —The Washington Post

"Absorbing." —People

"Readers ... are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward." —The Wall Street Journal

“Incandescent.” —The Washington Post

"Smart and mesmerizing." —The New York Times
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I mean, there are references of time travel in it, and a couple of people do travel in time, but we only see them passing by. The main character, Miranda, does not travel at all. 95% of the time she doesn't understand concepts of time travel at all. Although she understands everything else very fast and perceives clearly, especially for her age. Which is another problem in the story. She is supposed to be 12 yo, but she comes out as 16 or 17. The performance is also the same, not 12 at all! Maybe the story is written for 12 yo children, or at least is intended to be, but even then it comes out for YA audience, not 12..
The first quarter of the story bored me to death, but I persevered saying that it's only 4 hours long. But I was not hooked after 50% also. It gathered up a little pace after 75%, but then only the revelation is what of any interest in the last quarter. I've read books for YA and younger, and I know that they don't have to be this dumb. Take Nancy Drew stories for example.
I am actually thinking of returning this book to audible and get something else in exchange. Maybe I will. Let's see.
But if Time Travel is what you crave from this story, let me warn you, that there is hardly any in this book. I guess with that pre-knowledge, you'd be able to nJoy it more.

Short, Alright, But Not Time Travel

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