When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead relationships/mystery/time travel
Wendy Lamb Books, pp., 198 ISBN 978-0-385-73742-5
This is a wonderful book with interesting, unique characters who interact with love and care, and occasional misunderstandings. It is above all a well-told story with an unusual twist. Miranda lives in New York with her single mother who is practicing to be a contestant on the $20,000 Pyramid television show. Miranda and her friends are free to roam their New York neighborhood even with the presence of the mentally ill “ Laughing Man”, and the neighborhood boys who make remarks as she walks by their corner. Never without her beloved Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engles, she receives cryptic notes from a stranger. Miranda must figure out what they mean and solve their riddle in order to save her “friend.” Unusual and bright, this is a must read for anyone with imagination who knows, as I do, that time travel is indeed possible.
