Middle-grade novel · Fiction
When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead
About the book
Miranda, a sixth-grader on Manhattan's Upper West Side, receives mysterious notes that seem to predict the future.
Reading notes
A puzzle-like story set on the Upper West Side, with nods to A Wrinkle in Time.
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Recognition
- Newbery Medal (2010)
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Book details
- Author
- Rebecca Stead
- First published
- 2009
- Suggested ages
- Ages 9–13 (editorial estimate — children vary)
- Reading mode
- Independent reader
- Topics
- new york city, mystery, friendship
- Edition shown
- ISBN 9780375850868 · Yearling, 2010-12-28
- Catalog record
- Open Library work record · edition record
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