Awards

• Winner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults Top 10 2010
• Winner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults.
• Winner of ALA Notable Children's Book 2010
• Winner of Book Links Lasting Connection 2009

Overview

""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

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Reviews

Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, June 1, 2009: <br> [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.' <br>Starred Review, Booklist, June 1, 2009: <br> [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. <br>Starred Review, The Horn Book Magazine, July &amp; August, 2009: <br> 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. <br>Starred Review, School Library Journal, July 2009: <br> This unusual, thought-provoking mystery will appeal to several types of readers. <br>Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, June 22, 2009: <br> It's easy to imagine readers studying Miranda's story as man

Author Information

REBECCA STEAD is the author of When You Reach Me, which was a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Newbery Medal and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction, and Liar & Spy, which was also a New York Times bestseller, won the Guardian Prize for Children’s Fiction, and was on multiple state master lists and best of the year lists. Her most recent book, Goodbye Stranger, was a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book for Fiction and a New York Times bestseller. She is also the author of First Light, which was nominated for many state awards. She lives in New York City with her family. Visit her online at rebeccasteadbooks.com.

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