When You Reach Me: (Newbery Medal Winner)

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Hardcover
Publish Date: July 2009
Language: English
Reading Level: 4.5
EAN: 9780385737425

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Overview

“Like A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda’s favorite book), When You Reach Me far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of ‘life, death, and the beauty of it all.'” —The Washington Post

This Newbery Medal winner that has been called “smart and mesmerizing,” (The New York Times) and “superb” (The Wall Street Journal) will appeal to readers of all types, especially those who are looking for a thought-provoking mystery with a mind-blowing twist.

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.

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.

Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction
A New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book
Five Starred Reviews
A Junior Library Guild Selection

“Absorbing.” —People

“Readers … are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Lovely and almost impossibly clever.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer

“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.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred review

Details

Pages: 208
Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.9 in
Lexile Score: 750
Interest Level: Middle Grade (MG)
Point Value: 6
ISBN: 0385737424

Awards

2013 Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee (Middle School)
2011 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee (Children's)
2011 Massachusetts Children's Book Award - Winner (Children's Book)
2011 Nene Award - Nominee (Children's Fiction)
2011 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2011 Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee (Young Adult)
2011 West Virginia Children's Book Award - Nominee (Children's)
2010 Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee (Grades 6-9)
2010 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Winner (Fiction & Poetry)
2010 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended (Ten to Fourteen)
2010 Indies Choice Book Awards - Winner (Middle Readers)
2010 Land of Enchantment Book Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2010 Newbery Medal - Winner (Children's)
2010 Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended (Young Adult)
2009 NAPPA Gold Awards - Winner (Ages 9 & Up)
2009 Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner (Fiction)