Kids@RandomKids@Random
Kids@Random
.
. KIDS TEENS TEACHERS LIBRARIANS ABOUT US RANDOMHOUSE.COM .
. FAVORITES NEW RELEASES AUTHORS GAMES and CONTESTS .
.
. ABOUT THIS BOOK .
.
  

Advanced Search

 
NEWS AT THE HOUSE

NEWSLETTER

Sign up for the Read & Play Newsletter for age-by-age recommendations, discounts, news about upcoming books, literacy activities and more!
Click here for more info...

NEW RELEASES


Hot off the press! Check out some of this month's reading highlights...
See New Releases

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT
Author Photo

Meet Jeff Stone, author of Phoenix

Jeff Stone lives in the Midwest with his wife and two children and practices the martial arts daily.

Read more

RANDOM HOUSE RECOMMENDS


Click here for age-appropriate recommendations on our bestselling pre-school, chapter, and middle-grade book series!

For a full list of book recommendations try Search by Theme!

FAVORITES
Seussville


From Dr. Seuss to Dora the Explorer, Random House has books featuring your favorite characters!

.
.
ABOUT THIS BOOK
QUOTES
AWARDS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
READ AN EXCERPT
Buy this book online
Buy this book from a local store
Ordering information
Search Again
.
When You Reach Me

Written by Rebecca SteadAuthor Alerts:  Random House will alert you to new works by Rebecca Stead


· Wendy Lamb Books
· Hardcover · Ages 8-12 years
· July 14, 2009 · $16.99 · 978-0-385-73742-5 (0-385-73742-4)

.
When You Reach Me
Enlarge View
Upgrade to the Flash 9 viewer for enhanced content, including the ability to browse and search through your favorite titles
  • Add to Barnes and Noble Wish List
  • Add to Good Reads
  • Add to Librarything
  • Add to Shelfari

ABOUT THIS BOOK

"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

QUOTES

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

AWARDS

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

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

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.

.

.
.
. .
.