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When You Reach Me- By Rebecca Stead
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Miranda, a New York City latchkey kid, has recently "lost" her best friend, Sal, who lives in her apartment building. (One day, while the two of them were walking home from school, a neighborhood kid named Marcus punched Sal for odd reasons, and from that day on, Sal just seemed to drift away, locking Miranda out of his life for good.) In the somewhat heart-breaking mark left by Sal, Miranda strikes up new friendships with Annemarie—who had been ditched by her sometimes-snotty best friend Julia—and Colin, a boy who ended up in Miranda’s class every year, but of whom Miranda never took notice of. The three of them get lunchtime jobs together at the local sandwich shop, Jimmy’s, and bond over their regular paycheck’s of cheese sandwiches with smelly pickles.
One day, Miranda finds the door to her apartment mysteriously unlocked after school, and the spare key missing from its hiding spot, unnerving both her and her mother. Shortly thereafter Miranda receives a note in her book-bag, the first of many that state "awkward" things that will -and eventually do, occur in the future.
Miranda continues to receive notes like this—four in all—each as eerie and enigmatic as the first. The notes set her a mystery to unravel: Who is sending the notes? What kind of trip is the sender planning to take? Which of Miranda’s friends will be saved? And from what? And, finally, does this have anything to do with the crazy homeless guy on the corner that sleeps with his head under the mailbox? These questions, along with the rift between Miranda and Sal, efficiently (and if I may say; “quickly”) fuel the story forward, all the while keeping the reader hooked with the many different scenarios that occur, finally leading to an epic sense of realization on Miranda’s part…
One day, Miranda finds the door to her apartment mysteriously unlocked after school, and the spare key missing from its hiding spot, unnerving both her and her mother. Shortly thereafter Miranda receives a note in her book-bag, the first of many that state "awkward" things that will -and eventually do, occur in the future.
Miranda continues to receive notes like this—four in all—each as eerie and enigmatic as the first. The notes set her a mystery to unravel: Who is sending the notes? What kind of trip is the sender planning to take? Which of Miranda’s friends will be saved? And from what? And, finally, does this have anything to do with the crazy homeless guy on the corner that sleeps with his head under the mailbox? These questions, along with the rift between Miranda and Sal, efficiently (and if I may say; “quickly”) fuel the story forward, all the while keeping the reader hooked with the many different scenarios that occur, finally leading to an epic sense of realization on Miranda’s part…
