Do you like to read about time travel? Did you love A Wrinkle in Time when you were a kid? If so, you will love the story of Miranda, the heroine of When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. Miranda is in 6th grade and lives with her mother in an apartment in New York City in the 1970s and loves A Wrinkle in Time. She and her best friend Sal are independent kids who love exploring their neighborhood and do everything together. One day, however, after a mysterious incident where Sal gets punched in the face by a stranger, he shuts her out. After that, things get strange for Miranda. Her apartment key is stolen, and she begins to find a series of cryptic notes. The notes are addressed to her and are written as if she knows the author. More disturbingly, they seem to know things about her, things that haven't happened yet. They make reference to a tragedy that only Miranda can help stop. Who is writing the notes, and why? Can they be trusted? Read Miranda's story and find out!
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