Saturday, March 6, 2010

When You Reach Me

I decided to read When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead because it won the Newbery Medal for 2010. It's about 12-year-old Miranda, living in New York in 1979. We learn all about Miranda's life--her life as a latchkey child with her single mom, the crazy "Laughing Man" who lives on the corner, and her lunch-time, no-pay job at the sandwich shop down the road. Life is pretty good for Miranda until her best friend Sal suddenly stops talking to her, and then she starts finding mysterious notes that imply that a tragic death of a friend will happen.

This was a really good book. I loved the perspective it was written from--really from the mind and heart of this 12-year-old. The character said the most typical yet thoughftul things in her narrative throughout the book. I really became connected to her and her experiences as I read. It was also a kind of clever book in the way things came together. It was a really enjoyable, quick read.

Rating: * * * (3/3 = Loved it)

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