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When You Reach Me

by Rebecca Stead

Newbery Medal · 2010 · Winner
Wendy Lamb BookschildrensISBN 9780385737425

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Newbery Medal2010Winner

About This Book

Set in 1970s Manhattan, 12-year-old Miranda receives mysterious notes from someone who seems to know her future. A love letter to *A Wrinkle in Time* that weaves time travel into an intimate story of friendship and neighbourhood life. Winner of the 2010 Newbery Medal.

About the Author

Rebecca Stead is an American children's author born in New York City in 1968. She won the 2010 Newbery Medal for *When You Reach Me*, a mystery novel set in 1970s New York that weaves in a love of Madeleine L'Engle's *A Wrinkle in Time*. She is also the author of *Goodbye Stranger* and *Liar & Spy*.

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