ANOTHER GREAT TIME
Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me. NY: Random House Children’s Books (Wendy Lamb Books). 2009. Print.
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-73742-5
Hardcover, $15.99
197 pages
***AWARDS AND HONORS***
For a detailed list of other awards and honors, visit the Random House page for author Rebecca Stead.
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| Cover Artwork Copyright © Random House Children's Books (Wendy Lamb Books) 2009 |
ANNOTATION
Miranda
is content reading passages from her favorite book and quizzing her paralegal
mother with clues from The $20,000
Pyramid, until friendships begin to change and a series of mysterious notes
offers clues to a surprise ending. This 2010
Newberry Medal Winner is a tribute to Madeleine L’Engle’s classic time-travel
novel, A Wrinkle in Time, as much as
it is a unique addition to the realistic-fiction catalog—with a special twist.
BOOKTALK (Open End)
New York City latchkey kid Miranda is perfectly content reading her favorite book, A Wrinkle in Time, and helping her busy mom prepare to compete on the 1970s game show, The $20,000 Pyramid. However, when Miranda’s best friend Sal gets punched by Marcus on their way home from school, things totally get turned upside down. Friendships quickly change, a series of mysterious notes start to appear, and Miranda finds herself growing much more uncertain about the future than she ever expected.
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| Title Page Artwork Copyright © Random House Children's Books (Wendy Lamb Books) 2009 |
Fans of realistic fiction and science fiction alike will want to watch this comical mystery unfold, laughing along with quirky characters who help Miranda make sense of what it all means in the end. Will her mom win big on the game show? Will Miranda find out what the mystery notes truly mean? Will everything make sense and fall into place?
TEEN VOICE
“My favorite books are fantasy, science
fiction, and realistic fiction. Fantasy
lets me lose myself in another world, science fiction has the potential to be
real, and realistic fiction because everyone can relate to certain topics and
stories.”
Rita B., age 18
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RELATED RESOURCES (COOL STUFF)
>>> Hear the author talk about When You Reach Me here...
>>> Watch an amusing take on the book here...
>>> Learn more about author Rebecca Stead, and check out her blog.
>>> Check out talk-show host David Letterman with Marilyn from Philadelaphia on The $20,000 Pyramid! They don't make game shows like this anymore...
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