Things That Make a Story Mysteriously Good
Just yesterday on 4/29/09 Ms. Edinger finished reading a book to us When You Reach Me which is by Rebecca Stead a Dalton parent. This story is about a girl named Miranda and one day she gets a note saying:
I am coming to save your friend’s life, and my own.
I must ask two favors. First, you must write me a letter.
Then weird things start happening like her best friend stops talking to her, her spare key disappears, a hobo appears, and lots, lots more! This story takes place in 1979 and the main character’s mom gets to go on $20,000 Pyramid. This is a very good and mysterious book which I highly recommend.
May 2nd, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Wow! I love those lines from the note! You’ve got me – now I have to wait until the book comes out! Thanks for your review. I’m a librarian in a small school in northern Illinois. Our kids are always asking for good mysteries to read. Thanks to your review, this books sounds like it’s one I’ll be adding to our collection. If you have any more great mysteries to recommend, please do!
May 3rd, 2009 at 6:07 am
Looks like you definitely got at least one person already incredibly eager to read this book. Bravo!
May 3rd, 2009 at 6:20 am
Cool post!