Friday, May 9, 2025

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊

Miranda is in sixth grade living in NYC and the year is 1978. Sal, Miranda’s best friend, has stopped talking to her and she doesn’t know why. When she starts to receive strange notes, her life gets even more complicated. These notes predict the future with accuracy and one of them has an alarming prediction that someone is going to die. This middle-school novel is a combination of genres, historical fiction, mystery, time travel and friendship. The mystery keeps your reading, the historical portrayal of the 1970’s is informative and the friendship among the characters is heartwarming. I will be recommending the book to my grandchildren.

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Content Review

Published In: 2009

Profanity: No

Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books

Violence: Mild

Age Level: 10-12 years

Sexual Content: No

AR Level: 4.5

Mature Themes: Homelessness,

Pages: 199

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Stars: 5
Awards: 2010 Newbery Medal
 
 
 

 

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