When You Reach Me - Rambling Readers

Published Jan. 1, 2009 by Random House.

ISBN:: 978-0-385-73742-5

(1 review)

Winner of the 2010 John Newbery MedalFour mysterious letters change Miranda's world forever.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: I am coming to save your friend's life, and my own. I must ask two favors. First, you must write me a letter.The notes keep coming, and Miranda slowly realizes that whoever is leaving them knows all about her, including things that have not …

Winner of the 2010 John Newbery MedalFour mysterious letters change Miranda's world forever.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: I am coming to save your friend's life, and my own. I must ask two favors. First, you must write me a letter.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.From the Hardcover edition.

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4 stars

another junior fiction - this time recommended by my daughter (i love that we are at the point of mutually sharing books and our love of books). i choose most of her books - mostly to avoid her reading nothing but Goosebumps - so it was validating that she turned around a told me to read this one - that i'd like it.
i did.
i liked the story, and more importantly, the way it was told. it was like The Time Travellers Wife jr.
- right down to the naked man, the need to carry things in your mouth when you time travel, and the importance of shoes

there something so straight forward about junior fiction; it can be so satisfying. the narrator notes continually that her mom's boyfriend doesn't have a key to the apartment; the mom hasn't given him one; the boyfriend often mentions how convenient it …

another junior fiction - this time recommended by my daughter (i love that we are at the point of mutually sharing books and our love of books). i choose most of her books - mostly to avoid her reading nothing but Goosebumps - so it was validating that she turned around a told me to read this one - that i'd like it.
i did.
i liked the story, and more importantly, the way it was told. it was like The Time Travellers Wife jr.
- right down to the naked man, the need to carry things in your mouth when you time travel, and the importance of shoes

there something so straight forward about junior fiction; it can be so satisfying. the narrator notes continually that her mom's boyfriend doesn't have a key to the apartment; the mom hasn't given him one; the boyfriend often mentions how convenient it would be.
towards the end of the book, the narrator gives him the keys for christmas. of course! it's the child's decision to truly let him into her and her mom's life. and the mom letting her drive that decision showed how important the child is to the mom.
and all of this is revealed inside a book about time travel. who can know the future? can you change it?
you risk being hurt in the future if you let someone new into your life in the present; let them become important