"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
A PARADE Best Kids Book of All Time
A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of the Century

"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



Author: Rebecca Stead
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Published: 07/14/2009
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780385737425

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 131144 / When You Reach Me


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