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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1970s television game show "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> <p><b>Like <i>A Wrinkle in Time</i> (Miranda's favorite book), <i>When You Reach Me</i> far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of 'life, death, and the beauty of it all.' --<i>The Washington Post</i></b><br><b> </b><br><b>This Newbery Medal winner that has been called smart and mesmerizing, (<i>The New York Times</i>) and superb (<i>The Wall Street Journal</i>) will appeal to readers of all types, especially those who are looking for a thought-provoking mystery with a mind-blowing twist.</b> <p/>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. <p/>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. <p/>Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction <br>A <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller and Notable Book<br>Five Starred Reviews<br>A Junior Library Guild Selection <p/>Absorbing. --<i>People</i> <p/>Readers ... are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward. --<i>The Wall Street Journal</i> <p/>Lovely and almost impossibly clever. --<i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i> <p/>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. --<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, Starred review<br><i><br></i></p> <p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br> Winner of the Newbery Medal <br>A Junior Library Guild Selection <br>An ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book <br>An ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults <br>A best book of the year: <br><i>Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Booklist, </i> Indies Choice <br>Named to Multiple State Award Lists<br>Five starred reviews<b> <p/></b>[W]hen all the sidewalk characters from Miranda's Manhattan world converge amid mind-blowing revelations and cunning details, teen readers will circle back to the beginning and say, 'Wow ... cool.' --<i>Kirkus Reviews, </i> Starred review <p/>[T]he mental gymnastics required of readers are invigorating; and the characters, children, and adults are honest bits of humanity no matter in what place or time their souls rest. --<i>Booklist, </i>Starred review <p/>Closing revelations are startling and satisfying but quietly made, their reverberations giving plenty of impetus for the reader to go back to the beginning and catch what was missed. --<i>The Horn Book Magazine, </i> Starred review <p/>This unusual, thought-provoking mystery will appeal to several types of readers. --<i>School Library Journal, </i> Starred review <p/>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. --<i>Publishers Weekly, </i> Starred review <p/>[T]he believable characters and unexpected ending invite readers to ponder the extraordinary that underlies the ordinary in this fictional world and in their own." --<i>The Washington Post</i> <p/>Absorbing. --<i>People</i> <p/>Readers ... are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward. --<i>The Wall Street Journal</i> <p/>"Incandescent." --<i>The Washington Post</i> <p/>Smart and mesmerizing. --<i>The New York Times</i> <p/><br></br><p><b> About The Author </b></p></br></br> REBECCA STEAD is the author of <i>When You Reach Me, </i> which was a <i>New York Times</i> bestseller and winner of the Newbery Medal and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction, and <i>Liar & Spy, </i> which was also a <i>New York Times</i> bestseller, won the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction, and was on multiple state master lists and best of the year lists. Her most recent book, <i>Goodbye Stranger, </i>was a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book for Fiction and a <i>New York Times</i> bestseller. She is also the author of <i>First Light, </i> which was nominated for many state awards. She lives in New York City with her family. Visit her online at rebeccasteadbooks.com.

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