"When You Reach Me" is a perfect fit if your reading nook has been feeling a bit too predictable lately. With its clever blend of time-travel twists and a heartfelt tale of evolving friendships, it's like a literary magic trick—just when you think you've figured it out, Stead unveils yet another layer that will leave you marveling at her storytelling finesse.

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• Newbery Medal (2010)
• Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (2011)
• IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award for Young Adult–Fiction (2010)
• Indies Choice Book Award for Middle Reader (2010)
• Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry (2010)
• Andre Norton Award Nominee (2009)
• Waterstones Children's Book Prize Nominee (2011)
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2009)

Four mysterious letters change Miranda’s world.Miranda and Sal are best friends, but when Sal gets punched by a new kid for no apparent reason, he shuts Miranda out of his life. Then she finds a mysterious note scrawled on a tiny slip of paper:I am coming to save your friend’s life, and my own.I ask two favours. First, you must write me a letter.Miranda finds other notes left for her in strange places and she realises that whoever is leaving them knows all about her, including things that haven’t even happened yet…When You Reach Me is a story about friendship and time. It’s an intriguing puzzle with pieces that fit together in the most intricate and unexpected ways.

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