![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But that disjointed nature - that confusion - made the ending all the sweeter.įor young readers, Miranda is the type of heroine we would wish our daughters to emulate. To be honest, I wasn’t always sure of what was going on. Miranda is a huge fan of Madeleine L’Engle, devoting her days to reading A Wrinkle In Time (which she refers to only as “her book”), and the reader starts to think all this time-travel business has gone to her head. Loosely centered on the friendship between Miranda and best friend Sal, When You Reach Me has a series of odd letters at its heart. The time travel aspect was one of the most startling and delightful bits of this unique, fast-paced story. As a 27-year-old who hasn’t dealt with bullies or mangled friendships in quite some time, I still found myself intrigued by Miranda’s story and easily relating to the complicated web of school dynamics. Its middle-school protagonist Miranda seems to settle it in a middle-grade or young adult fiction camp, but the themes - family loyalty friendship time travel - speak to a diverse audience. Set in the 1970s, When You Reach Me defies categorization. And you paid good money for me, you idiot.” Think you’ll get to me any time soon? You’ve read, like, thirty review books this year. Rebecca Stead’s When You Reach Me was one of those novels gathering dust on my shelves since 2009, peeking its colorful head out every so often to squawk, “Hey, I’m still here, you know. ![]()
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