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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 "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
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
WINNER 2009 - Kid's Indie Next List "Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers" WINNER 2009 - New York Times Notable Book WINNER 2009 - Kirkus Reviews Best ChildrenA?s Books WINNER 2009 - Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year WINNER 2009 - School Library Journal Best Book of the Year WINNER 2009 - Booklist Children's Editors' Choice WINNER 2009 - Horn Book Fanfare WINNER 2009 - National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Award WINNER 2009 - Parents' Choice Gold Award WINNER 2009 - Book Links Lasting Connection WINNER 2010 - Newbery Medal Winner WINNER 2010 - ALA Notable Children's Book WINNER 2010 - ALA Best Books for Young Adults Top 10 WINNER 2010 - NCSS/CBC Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies WINNER 2010 - Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices WINNER 2010 - NCTE Notable Children's Trade Books in the Language Arts WINNER 2010 - IRA Children's Book Award for Older Readers NOMINEE 2011 - Hawaii Nene Award NOMINEE 2010 - Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Master List WINNER - New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing WINNER - ALA Best Books for Young Adults WINNER - Chicago Public LibraryA?s Best of the Best books NOMINEE - Amelia Bloomer List Recommended Title NOMINEE - Maine Student Book Award NOMINEE - Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award WINNER - Texas Lone Star Reading List NOMINEE - Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fischer Book Award NOMINEE - Missouri Gateway Readers Award NOMINEE - Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award NOMINEE - Virginia Young Readers Program Award
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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