When You Reach Me by Rebecca SteadMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Miranda, a twelve-year-old girl, lives in an apartment building with her mother. Her best friend is Sal, the boy who lives downstairs. One day a boy named Marcus hits Sal in the stomach on their way home from school, and Sal suddenly doesn't want to be friends with Miranda anymore. Other odd events happen; Miranda receives strange notes that seem to foretell the future. The reader cannot help but be pulled into the intriguing mystery of the story.
Rebecca Stead does a great job of creating believable characters in this warm, but strange narrative. I think the book's uniqueness and warmth helped earn this book the Newbery Award for this year.
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