When You Reach Me: (Newbery Medal Winner) by Rebecca Stead (English) Paperback B

Description: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1970s 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Like A Wrinkle in Time (Mirandas 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 doesnt know what to do. The notes tell her that she must write a letter—a true story, and that she cant 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 BookFive Starred ReviewsA Junior Library Guild Selection "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 "Its easy to imagine readers studying Mirandas story as many times as shes read LEngles, and spending hours pondering the provocative questions it raises." —Publishers Weekly, Starred review Author Biography REBECCA STEAD is the author of When You Reach Me, which was a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Newbery Medal and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction, and Liar & Spy, which was also a New York Times bestseller, won the Guardian Prize for Childrens Fiction, and was on multiple state master lists and best of the year lists. Her most recent book, Goodbye Stranger, was a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book for Fiction and a New York Times bestseller. She is also the author of First Light, which was nominated for many state awards. She lives in New York City with her family. Visit her online at rebeccasteadbooks.com. Review Winner of the Newbery Medal A Junior Library Guild Selection An ALA-ALSC Notable Childrens Book An ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults A best book of the year: Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Booklist, Indies Choice Named to Multiple State Award ListsFive starred reviews… "[W]hen all the sidewalk characters from Mirandas Manhattan world converge amid mind-blowing revelations and cunning details, teen readers will circle back to the beginning and say,Wow ... cool." —Kirkus Reviews, Starred review… "[T]he mental gymnastics required of readers are invigorating; and the characters, children, and adults are honest bits of humanity no matter in what place or time their souls rest." —Booklist, Starred review… "Closing revelations are startling and satisfying but quietly made, their reverberations giving plenty of impetus for the reader to go back to the beginning and catch what was missed." —The Horn Book Magazine, Starred review… "This unusual, thought-provoking mystery will appeal to several types of readers." —School Library Journal, Starred review… "Its easy to imagine readers studying Mirandas story as many times as shes read LEngles, and spending hours pondering the provocative questions it raises." —Publishers Weekly, Starred review[T]he believable characters and unexpected ending invite readers to ponder the extraordinary that underlies the ordinary in this fictional world and in their own." —The Washington Post"Absorbing." —People"Readers ... are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward." —The Wall Street Journal"Incandescent." —The Washington Post"Smart and mesmerizing." —The New York Times Review Quote Starred Review,Kirkus Reviews, June 1, 2009: "[W]hen all the sidewalk characters from Mirandas Manhattan world converge amid mind-blowing revelations and cunning details, teen readers will circle back to the beginning and say,Wow ... cool." Starred Review,Booklist, June 1, 2009: "[T]he mental gymnastics required of readers are invigorating; and the characters, children, and adults are honest bits of humanity no matter in what place or time their souls rest." Starred Review,The Horn Book Magazine, July & August, 2009: "Closing revelations are startling and satisfying but quietly made, their reverberations giving plenty of impetus for the reader to go back to the beginning and catch what was missed." Starred Review,School Library Journal, July 2009: "This unusual, thought-provoking mystery will appeal to several types of readers." Starred Review,Publishers Weekly, June 22, 2009: "Its easy to imagine readers studying Mirandas story as many times as shes read LEngles, and spending hours pondering the provocative questions it raises." Review,People Magazine, July 13, 2009: "Absorbing." Review,The Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2009: "Readers ... are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward." Review,The Washington Post Book World, July 15, 2009: "Incandescent." Review,The New York Times Book Review, August 16, 2009: "Smart and mesmerizing." From the Hardcover edition. Excerpt from Book Things You Keep in a Box So Mom got the postcard today. It says Congratulations in big curly letters, and at the very top is the address of Studio TV-15 on West 58th Street. After three years of trying, she has actually made it. Shes going to be a contestant on The $20,000 Pyramid, which is hosted by Dick Clark. On the postcard theres a list of things to bring. She needs some extra clothes in case she wins and makes it to another show, where they pretend its the next day even though they really tape five in one afternoon. Barrettes are optional, but she should definitely bring some with her. Unlike me, Mom has glossy red hair that bounces around and might obstruct Americas view of her small freckled face. And then theres the date shes supposed to show up, scrawled in blue pen on a line at the bottom of the card: April 27, 1979. Just like you said. I check the box under my bed, which is where Ive kept your notes these past few months. There it is, in your tiny handwriting: April 27th: Studio TV-15, the words all jerky-looking, like you wrote them on the subway. Your last "proof." I still think about the letter you asked me to write. It nags at me, even though youre gone and theres no one to give it to anymore. Sometimes I work on it in my head, trying to map out the story you asked me to tell, about everything that happened this past fall and winter. Its all still there, like a movie I can watch when I want to. Which is never. Things That Go Missing Mom has swiped a big paper calendar from work and Scotch-taped the month of April to the kitchen wall. She used a fat green marker, also swiped from work, to draw a pyramid on April 27, with dollar signs and exclamation points all around it. She went out and bought a fancy egg timer that can accurately measure a half minute. They dont have fancy egg timers in the supply closet at her office. April twenty-seventh is also Richards birthday. Mom wonders if thats a good omen. Richard is Moms boyfriend. He and I are going to help Mom practice every single night, which is why Im sitting at my desk instead of watching after-school TV, which is a birthright of every latchkey child. "Latchkey child" is a name for a kid with keys who hangs out alone after school until a grown-up gets home to make dinner. Mom hates that expression. She says it reminds her of dungeons, and must have been invented by someone strict and awful with an unlimited child-care budget. "Probably someone German," she says, glaring at Richard, who is German but not strict or awful. Its possible. In Germany, Richard says, I would be one of the Schlusselkinder, which means "key children." "Youre lucky," he tells me. "Keys are power. Some of us have to come knocking." Its true that he doesnt have a key. Well, he has a key to his apartment, but not to ours. Richard looks the way I picture guys on sailboats--tall, blond, and very tucked-in, even on weekends. Or maybe I picture guys on sailboats that way because Richard loves to sail. His legs are very long, and they dont really fit under our kitchen table, so he has to sit kind of sideways, with his knees pointing out toward the hall. He looks especially big next to Mom, whos short and so tiny she has to buy her belts in the kids department and make an extra hole in her watchband so it wont fall off her arm. Mom calls Richard Mr. Perfect because of how he looks and how he knows everything. And every time she calls him Mr. Perfect, Richard taps his right knee. He does that because his right leg is shorter than his left one. All his right-foot shoes have little platforms nailed to the bottom so that his legs match. In bare feet, he limps a little. "You should be grateful for that leg," Mom tells him. "Its the only reason we let you come around." Richard has been "coming around" for almost two years now. We have exactly twenty-one days to get Mom ready for the game show. So instead of watching television, Im copying words for her practice session tonight. I write each word on one of the white index cards Mom swiped from work. When I have seven words, I bind the cards together with a rubber band she also swiped from work. I hear Moms key in the door and flip over my word piles so she cant peek. "Miranda?" She clomps down the hall--shes on a clog kick lately--and sticks her head in my room. "Are you starving? I thought wed hold dinner for Richard." "I can wait." The truth is Ive just eaten an entire bag of Cheez Doodles. After-school junk food is another fundamental right of the latchkey child. Im sure this is true in Germany, too. "Youre sure youre not hungry? Want me to cut up an apple for you?" "Whats a kind of German junk food?" I ask her. "Wiener crispies?" She stares at me. "I have no idea. Why do you ask?" "No reason." "Do you want the apple or not?" "No, and get out of here--Im doing the words for later." "Great." She smiles and reaches into her coat pocket. "Catch." She lobs something toward me, and I grab what turns out to be a bundle of brand-new markers in rainbow colors, held together with a fat rubber band. She clomps back toward the kitchen. Richard and I figured out a while ago that the more stuff Mom swipes from the office supply closet, the more shes hating work. I look at the markers for a second and then get back to my word piles. Mom has to win this money. Details ISBN0375850864 Author Rebecca Stead Short Title WHEN YOU REACH ME Language English ISBN-10 0375850864 ISBN-13 9780375850868 Media Book Format Paperback Series Yearling Newbery DEWEY FIC Audience Age 8-12 Publication Date 2010-12-28 Country of Publication India Subtitle (Newbery Medal Winner) UK Release Date 1900-01-01 Pages 240 Publisher Random House USA Inc Year 2010 Imprint Random House USA Inc Audience Children / Juvenile We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:43656363;

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