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When You Reach Me: (Newbery Medal Winner)
Contributor(s): Stead, Rebecca (Author)

ISBN: 0385737424 ISBN-13: 9780385737425
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2009
Annotation: "Four mysterious letters change Miranda's world forever.
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By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, like the local grocery store, and they know whom to avoid, like the crazy guy on the corner.
But things start to unravel. Sal gets punched by a new kid for what seems like no reason, and he shuts Miranda out of his life. The apartment key that Miranda's mom keeps hidden for emergencies is stolen. And then Miranda finds a mysterious note scrawled on a tiny slip of paper: " "The notes keep coming, and Miranda slowly realizes that whoever is leaving them knows all about her, including things that have not even happened yet. Each message brings her closer to believing that only she can prevent a tragic death. Until the final note makes her think she's too late.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - City & Town Life

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2008024998

Age Level: 10-13

Grade Level: 5-8

Lexile Measure: 750(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" L (0.70 lbs) 208 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Friendship
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
- Locality - New York, N.Y.
- Geographic Orientation - New York
- Chronological Period - 1970's

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Awards: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2011
Virginia Readers Choice Award, Nominee, Middle School, 2013
NAPPA Gold Awards, Winner, Ages 9 & Up, 2009
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2011
Black-Eyed Susan Award, Nominee, Grades 6-9, 2010
Texas Lone Star Reading List, Commended, Young Adult, 2010
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Ten to Fourteen, 2010
Volunteer State Book Awards, Nominee, Young Adult, 2011
Nene Award, Nominee, Children's Fiction, 2011
Massachusetts Children's Book Award, Winner, Children's Book, 2011
Land of Enchantment Book Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2010
West Virginia Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2011
Newbery Medal, Winner, Children's, 2010
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, Winner, Fiction & Poetry, 2010
Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up), Gold Medal Winner, Fiction, 2009
Indies Choice Book Awards, Winner, Middle Readers, 2010

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 06/01/2009
Booklist 06/01/2009 pg. 66
Publishers Weekly 06/22/2009 pg. 45
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2009 pg. 432
School Library Journal 07/01/2009 pg. 93
People Weekly 07/13/2009 pg. 48
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2009
New York Times Book Review 08/16/2009 pg. 12
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/02/2009 pg. 31
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2009 pg. 16
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2009 pg. 36
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/06/2009 pg. 46
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2010 pg. 13
People Weekly 02/08/2010 pg. 57
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/01/2010 pg. 18
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/01/2010 pg. 26
New Yorker (The) 06/15/2010 pg. 132
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
BookPage 07/01/2009

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 131144
Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

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

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