Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
|
Loading... When You Reach Me (original 2009; edition 2009)by Rebecca Stead
Work InformationWhen You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (Author) (2009)
  
» 34 more Books Read in 2016 (1,601) Female Author (436) Books Read in 2013 (393) Carole's List (164) Magic Realism (191) Female Protagonist (427) KayStJ's to-read list (217) To Read (68) Books Read in 2014 (1,526) Books Read in 2021 (4,096) Books Read in 2015 (2,866) Books Read in 2019 (3,614) Books tagged favorites (214) Time Travel Stories (23) Bullies (18) Five star books (1,586) Biggest Disappointments (556) No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) lou_intheberkshires | Dec 26, 2024 |  wow, great book. lots of good topics to discuss with the girls in the group. (  ) Trisha_Thomas | Nov 13, 2024 | ) tinabuchanan | Nov 13, 2024 | In New York City, Miranda's best friend Sal suddenly doesn't want to hang out with her anymore, then she begins receiving notes from an unknown person that seem to predict what will happen. Stead has created a story with well-drawn characters that makes for a gentle slide into time travel science fiction. She also pays homage to A Wrinkle in Time, the 1963 Newbery Medal winner and one of my favorite books. The only thing in this book that felt awkward to me was Miranda's confusion about paradoxes. I thought that Marcus and Julia's explanations were clear, but I have been reading science fiction for at least 18 years, so her confusion might have made more sense to kids who haven't contemplated time travel before. Plus, Miranda eventually "getting it" was a necessary part of the plot. I can't really say more without giving too much away. It's a sweet, well-crafted, awesome story. Check it out! ( ) word.owl | Nov 12, 2024 | ) cgalvin | Nov 9, 2024 |
 This book has a very nice climax when given. Exciting and has much significance to it. Symbolic and wonderful.  ...a story in which characters really come alive during those few months we spend with them, when their lives are shaped for ever. In this taut novel, every word, every sentence, has meaning and substance. A hybrid of genres, it is a complex mystery, a work of historical fiction, a school story and one of friendship, with a leitmotif of time travel running through it. Most of all the novel is a thrilling puzzle. Stead piles up clues on the way to a moment of intense drama, after which it is pretty much impossible to stop reading until the last page. Eventually and improbably, these strands converge to form a thought-provoking whole. Stead ('First Light') accomplishes this by making every detail count, including Mirandas name, her hobby of knot tying and her favorite book, Madeleine LEngles 'A Wrinkle in Time'. Its easy to imagine readers studying Mirandas story as many times as shes read LEngles, and spending hours pondering the provocative questions it raises. Stead's novel is as much about character as story. Miranda's voice rings true with its faltering attempts at maturity and observation. The story builds slowly, emerging naturally from a sturdy premise. As Miranda reminisces, the time sequencing is somewhat challenging, but in an intriguing way. The setting is consistently strong. The stores and even the streets–in Miranda's neighborhood act as physical entities and impact the plot in tangible ways. This unusual, thought-provoking mystery will appeal to several types of readers. Belongs to Publisher SeriesIs contained inWas inspired byAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space. No library descriptions found. 
|
Current DiscussionsNonePopular covers
 Google Books — Loading...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature American literature in English American fiction in English 2000-LC ClassificationRatingAverage: (4.15)
Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia in English (1)
1