When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Our Star Rating: 2 1/2 Stars
This book has won several awards for childrens literature, being described as a real page turner. It is about eleven year old Miranda who is ‘a latch key child’.Miranda’s life starts to unravel when her best friend Sal, gets punched by a kid on the street for what seems like no reason, and he shuts Miranda out of his life. The key that Miranda’s mum keeps hidden for emergencies is stolen and then a mysterious note arrives…………..and so the story unfolds!
The book is about time travel and friendship. We liked this book, but we did at times find it confusing. Other comments were -‘ interesting, strange, and unpredictable’.Yes! it was puzzling but we liked that about it and would say that overall it was very readable.
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